NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell noted that Brady’s offer still needs to be approved but is “progressing.”
ORLANDO, Fla. — NFL has yet to approve Tom Brady’s bid for minority ownership of Las Vegas Raidersbut the commissioner Roger Goodell He is not worried.
Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis (left) and former NFL quarterback Tom Brady. Ethan Miller/Getty Images
“I wouldn’t say it’s a delay,” Goodell said Tuesday during the NFL league’s annual meeting at the Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes. “We went through a very exhaustive process… We’re just going through our process. We have been in contact with his side. I think they’ve been making progress“.
Last May, The Raiders reached an agreement with Brady to join the organization’s ownership grouppending league approval.
“We are excited to have Tom join the Raiders”, owner Mark Davis then told ESPN’s Paul Gutiérrez. “And it’s exciting because it will just be the third player in National Football League history to become an owner.
George Halas and Jerry Richardson are the other two.
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League approval requires a supermajority of at least 24 NFL owners. Members did not vote on the issue this week. They are scheduled to meet again in May.
In other highlights from Goodell’s press conference:
• The league still is investigating whether the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons tampered with recruiting in free agency of the corridor Saquon Barkley and the quarterback Kirk Cousinsrespectively.
“I usually don’t get an update until it’s over; I know they were working hard on it right away,” Goodell said.
• NFL defensive players have used social media to express their frustration with the league’s ban on the hip-drop spin tackle. The tackle style (holding on to the ball carrier’s back while dropping your body weight onto the back of his legs) now results in a 15-yard penalty and an automatic first down. Goodell highlighted that members of the competition committee met with the league at last month’s NFL combine, they watched example videos and asked questions of league engineers.
“It’s a play that has 20 times the injury factor,” argued Goodell. “From that point of view, we cannot allow that. “We have been very clear: When we see a technique that is going to affect the safety of our players, we will work hard to eliminate it.” Goodell said he expects a “transition period” with this ruling, similar to the head reduction changes years ago.
• Goodell was asked about the implications of the gambling scandal involving former Shohei Ohtani performer, Ippei Mizuhara. The NFL is monitoring the situation.
“Like everyone else, we are trying to learn and educate, make sure that all of our staff under the policy (understand) the risk and dangers of that,” he added. “We have said for a long time that the integrity of the game is number oneand still is.”
• In our opinion, a new stadium for the Washington Commanders “is justified”said Goodell, who highlighted the importance of a presence modernized in the “nation’s capital”. The team released renderings of a multimillion-dollar project in September, and the new owner Josh Harris has spoken of his desire for the club’s new home.
• The NFL considered placing the Buffalo Bills pass rusher, By Milleron the commissioner’s exemption list after his alleged assault on his girlfriend in late 2023, but “felt it was not appropriate based on the facts,” Goodell said. Miller’s case is still under review by the league. Police issued an arrest warrant for Miller in November on a charge of third-degree felony assault of a pregnant woman. Miller, who turned himself in to the Glenn Heights (Texas) Police Department on November 30, later told Buffalo media that the allegations were “100% false” and “exaggerated.”
• The NFL is confident that Sao Pãulo, Brazil, hosting a Week 1 game this year, will be an “explosive market” for the league. The league still has not decided who will be the rival of the Philadelphia Eagles at the Corinthians Arena.
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