Suspended Pacman Jones for the 2007 season for numerous violations of the NFL's personal conduct policy. (15 May 2007).
Executive vice president and chief operating officer of the National Football League, December 2001 - August 2006.
Commissioner of the National Football League, 1 September 2006 - present.
Son of Charles Goodell, who served as a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from New York, and son-in-law of Samuel Skinner, who served as Secretary of Transportation and Chief of Staff under President George Bush.