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| 18th July, 2006 - 5:14 pm | New York Daily News - When owners vote from Aug. 7-9 in Chicago on Paul Tagliabue's successor, Roger Goodell is positioned to be selected as the next commissioner of the NFL, but will have to withstand a challenge from at least one high-powered corporate CEO.
Goodell, involved in all important NFL decisions, is the clear favorite among the candidates currently working in the league, one owner said. But the committee has kept the names of candidates from the corporate world a secret from the owners because those people don't want their names released at this stage of the process.
"I still think Roger Goodell has the inside track, but it's hard to make a truly accurate assessment without knowing who the other candidates are," one owner said yesterday. "They can present us with outstanding candidates, which could throw this in a state of flux. My gut is Roger will be a finalist in Chicago and there will be at least one outside candidate. But they've given us no names." [READ] |
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