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    The commissioner of the National Football League is the chief executive officer of the National Football League (NFL). The position was created in 1941...
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  • The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league composed of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference...
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    of judges, which includes the Commissioner of the NFL, the previous year's winner, and a number of former players select the winner of the award. The...
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    Roger Goodell (category National Football League commissioners)
    served as the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) since 2006. Goodell began his NFL career in 1982 as an administrative intern in the league...
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    Pete Rozelle (category National Football League commissioners)
    November 1989. He became the youngest commissioner in NFL history at the age of just 33. He is credited with making the NFL into one of the most successful sports...
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  • is named in honor of Bert Bell (1895–1959), commissioner of the NFL and founder of the Maxwell Club. Voters for the Pro Awards are NFL owners, football...
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    Paul Tagliabue (category National Football League commissioners)
    24, 1940) is an American lawyer who was the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL). He took the position in 1989 and served until September...
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  • Austin Gunsel (category National Football League commissioners)
    by the NFL to head the league's investigative department, a move made in response to commissioner Bert Bell's fear of a scandal damaging the league's...
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    The NFL International Series is a series of American football games during the National Football League (NFL) regular season that are played outside the...
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  • agreed to abolish their commissioner's office and recognize the authority of then-NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle in exchange for the NFL agreeing to a merger...
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  • The AFL–NFL merger was the merger of the two major professional American football leagues in the United States at the time: the National Football League...
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  • Bowl came from the former NFL commissioner, Bert Bell. Bell, who co-founded the Eagles and co-owned the Steelers, was commissioner of the NFL from 1946 until...
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    The Super Bowl is the annual league championship game of the National Football League (NFL) of the United States. It has served as the final game of every...
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    States and Canada: Commissioner of Baseball Commissioner of the NBA Commissioner of the NFL General Coleman, Charles (1966). Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol...
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  • retire as NFL commissioner. During an NFL meeting in Northbrook, Illinois, on August 8, league team owners selected Roger Goodell, the NFL's then-current...
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  • their own sideline during the game, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell deemed it to be in violation of league rules, stating that the act represented a calculated...
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  • The 2020 NFL draft was the 85th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2020 NFL season....
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    Kevin Warren (category Big Ten Conference commissioners)
    the team president and chief executive officer (CEO) for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously the commissioner of...
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    Bert Bell (category National Football League commissioners)
    He was the fifth chief executive and second commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) from 1946 until his death in 1959. As commissioner, he introduced...
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    suspended by the league's commissioner. The NFL has had a total of 49 franchises become defunct over its history; this includes ten of the league's twelve...
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  • present a NFL Rookie of the Year Award each season to the top rookies in the National Football League (NFL). The NFL considers the (rookie) of the year awards...
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    Elmer Layden (category National Football League commissioners)
    held the position of athletic director. From 1941 to 1946, Layden was the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the College...
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  • its dealings and relationships with the media. It is named after Pete Rozelle, who served as commissioner of the NFL from 1960 until 1989. George Strickler...
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  • including a period of inter-league matchups to determine a true national champion. Following its founding in Canton, Ohio (1920), the NFL first determined...
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  • like the Red Brigades had engaged in kidnapping. The State Department discouraged NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle from pursuing the league, and the IFL also...
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    designed The Inn and civic center of Rancho Santa Fe, plus homes that hold a historic designation Pete Rozelle, former commissioner of the NFL Milburn...
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  • and is part of NFL Media, which also includes NFL.com, NFL Films, NFL Mobile, NFL Now and NFL RedZone. Dedicated to American football, the network features...
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  • Football League (NFL) placed bounties on opposing players. The consensus around the program was that if a targeted player was knocked out of a game, a bonus...
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  • Seahawks 49ers Various Locations Saints The 2005 NFL season was the 86th regular season of the National Football League (NFL). Regular season play was held from...
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  • The National Football League (NFL) was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) with ten teams from four states, all of...
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