Paul Tagliabue
Paul Tagliabue
Paul John Tagliabueis the former Commissioner of the National Football League. He took the position in 1989 and was succeeded by Roger Goodell, who was elected to the position on August 8, 2006. Tagliabue's retirement took effect on September 1, 2006. He had previously served as a lawyer for the NFL. Tagliabue served as Chairman of Board of Directors of Georgetown University from 2008 to 2015...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth24 November 1940
CountryUnited States of America
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My own belief is that the ground rules that come out (of the committee) will not be troublesome or problematic for the Buffalo Bills.
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It has been uppermost in our minds that we need to do with the search what the Diversity Committee has been urging the clubs to do with coaches and in the front office executives. The specifics have yet to be determined how that goal will be accomplished.
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Can we sit here and say once we get a second season under our belt we're going to blow up some balloons and say we've got some big new conclusion? I don't know. It may take two, three, four, five years, who knows? Until you see something different, you don't know what you're looking at. ... There's no urgency in terms of any immediate need to try and fix something that's not broken, and is the best in sports.
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But it really doesn't matter. If it takes 2 1/2 (months), fine. If it takes 5 1/2 (months), that's fine, too.
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At this point you have to proceed on the assumption ... that they may be unable to play in New Orleans at all for the entire season,
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At this point you have to proceed on the assumption . . . that they may be unable to play in New Orleans at all for the entire sea- son,
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That's a really tough competitive environment to live with and the Rams have been one of those teams that have had repeat success under that system.
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I really thought it would take longer for Houston to get another team,
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I love the name and logo. They make a powerful statement. They capture the can-do spirit of Houston and the state of Texas. It's great to see so many fans come together for something like this. It shows that Houston still loves football.
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I have no way of knowing, ... I know we have a very good program. If anyone is dumb enough to subject themselves to 24 tests a year, they're stupid.
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They have to make a fundamental change in their proposal in how they are defining their expectations for the players.
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They just weren't well thought through and well structured. So that has to be addressed. Governments don't buy tickets to football games, people do. The business community does.
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This is in many ways a real turning point in the recovery and the rebuilding effort and the Saints ' contribution to all that. We've been reading about other restaurants, other things opening up, energy coming back, and talking to other real estate people. ... It's very clear we're gaining momentum.
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If you look ahead for the next two weeks, the next month, we should stay out of the way of those priorities being met. The appropriate time for the Saints to start playing games at LSU would be against the Dolphins on Oct. 30.