[Elvis]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14786 ... endar-year

Roger Goodell earned $34.1M in 2014 compensation

12:40 PM ET

Darren Rovell

ESPN Senior Writer

Goodell had a $3.5 million base salary, but also received a bonus of $26.5 million, a figure that was determined in 2013. He also received $3.7 million in pension and other deferred benefits as well as $273,000 in "other reportable compensation."

The information, obtained by ESPN.com, was in a tax filing the league office filed on Tuesday. The filing is public because the league has non-profit status.


In the nine years as NFL commissioner in which his salary has been disclosed, Roger Goodell has now made an average of $20 million a year and a total of $180.5 million. AP Photo/Brandon Wade

Goodell, who turns 57 on Friday, had his most challenging year at the helm in 2014, as he came under intense scrutiny for his handling of the Ray Rice, Greg Hardy and Adrian Peterson assault cases. An arbitrator ruled to revert Rice's suspension, which became indefinite after video surfaced of him punching his then fiancée Janay, back to Goodell's original two-game punishment and Hardy's suspension from 10 to four games. Peterson's indefinite suspension was eventually reversed by a court.

In the nine years as commissioner in which his salary has been disclosed, Goodell has now made an average of $20 million a year and a total of $180.5 million.

Goodell's salary can be seen as high or low depending on how one compares executive compensation to revenue. NFL revenues were about $11 billion in 2014.

In 2014, Nike CEO Mark Parker, for example, made $14.7 million off company revenues of $27.7 billion. But Yahoo's Marisa Mayer received $42 million in compensation in 2014, a year in which Yahoo pulled in only $4.6 billion.

The NFL has qualified as a 501(c)(6) non-profit since 1942. It means they don't pay taxes on revenue that comes into the league office, though they do pay it on everything else -- including TV rights fees, sponsorships and ticket sales -- as the teams themselves are taxed.

Last April, Goodell said that the league office would get rid of its tax exempt status because it was "mischaracterized repeatedly" and "will make no material difference to our business." That also means that 2014 will be the last full year that Goodell's salary will be public.

[Hacksaw]

Yeah he earned it this year (I guess). I worked pretty hard too but ,,, errr,, n/m.
All I can say is I approve of the relocation effort.

[Hacksaw_64]

Yeah he earned it this year (I guess). I worked pretty hard too but ,,, errr,, n/m.
All I can say is I approve of the relocation effort.

lmao, I agree with all of that.