Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Roger Goodell says new contract will be his last as NFL commission­er.

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IRVING, Texas — Commission­er Roger Goodell views the agreement reached on an extension last week as his final contract overseeing the NFL, a league spokesman said Wednesday.

Goodell’s extension through 2024 will allow him to help negotiate a new labor deal when the current collective bargaining agreement expires in 2021, and have a hand in talks over new broadcast contracts, spokesman Joe Lockhart said when announcing details of the deal signed last week.

“The commission­er I think has been clear that he views this as his last contract and will allow him to deal with some of the important issues that we know are on the horizon,” Lockhart said at the luxury Dallas-area hotel where NFL meetings were held.

The extension has been a source of controvers­y because powerful Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones objected to the process led by the six-owner compensati­on committee and chairman Arthur Blank of the Atlanta Falcons.

Lockhart said 90 percent of the contract will be incentive based, which he said was an increase in nonguarant­eed income over previous deals.

A person with knowledge of the agreement has told The Associated Press the five-year extension is worth almost $200 million with a base salary of $40 million. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the figures are not made public.

Goodell made nearly $32 million in 2015, the last year public records of the NFL are available. League revenues have more than doubled to $14 million since Goodell replaced Paul Tagliabue in 2006.

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