Paul Tagliabue
Paul Tagliabue
Paul John Tagliabueis the former Commissioner of the National Football League. He took the position in 1989 and was succeeded by Roger Goodell, who was elected to the position on August 8, 2006. Tagliabue's retirement took effect on September 1, 2006. He had previously served as a lawyer for the NFL. Tagliabue served as Chairman of Board of Directors of Georgetown University from 2008 to 2015...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth24 November 1940
CountryUnited States of America
Certainly it would. I'm certain it would be a very positive thing. He's not only got tremendous regard among the owners, obviously he's the founder of the American Football League. For 45 years, he has been giving great credit not only to this sport, but other sports. I'm sure that would be a very positive factor for many of the owners.
Based on what I've heard to this point, it would be virtually impossible to have found that any player violated the program the way the program exists.
There is every reason to believe the Buffalo Bills will be able to continue as they have with a competitive team.
Under our league policies, owners are not supposed to be talking about re-locating their team during a season. We've got a specific set of guidelines on that. It's a policy that was negotiated with the U.S. conference of mayors, and my assumption is that every owner is complying with the policy.
Under normal legal ground rules, it would probably be the case that if the court decided the case on the merits and ruled in our favor, then they would not be entitled to be in the draft.
He was mythic. He symbolizes football, and, more importantly, he symbolizes leadership.
I don't think we'll be in litigation or that the union will decertify. But we are not making progress.
He was a warrior, a neighbor and a friend ... In the eyes of many he was the greatest football player of all time.
Guaranteed contracts, within the context of a salary cap, takes it away from a player who is playing and gives it to a player who is not playing.
Kind of the assumption is that we can work through this in the next four months, and I'll be ready to move on by the end of July.
If we don't have a CBA in place, it's going to be a considerable complication.
I think, which frequently happens in emotionally charged situations, people are unfairly reduced to being caricatures when there's no reason for that,
I think the chances are increasing. The priority now has to be to institutionalize having such games, or the Pro Bowl, played outside the U.S. in the future.
I think the critical thing now is we're at the point where it's recognized, certainly by us, that the time is right, ... We have to get agreements finalized. We'll be pursuing agreements in Anaheim. We're going to work with both communities for an agreement.