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
We do have serious issues to resolve and there does need to be more outreach and reality on both sides to where the middle is.
I don't think the negotiations are going very well. There needs to be an additional dose of reality on both sides of the table. To some degree, positions are hardening when they shouldn't be hardening.
I do think there needs to be an outreach and more reality on both sides. There needs to be a positive dose of reality on both sides of the table. To some degree, positions are hardening on both sides when they shouldn't be.
I'm not optimistic, but that's what a difficult negotiation usually entails. We do have serious issues to resolve. There needs to be more outreach and more reality on both sides as to where the middle is.
The Players Association has on the table a demand which doesn't recognize the reality of our league's economics today. It's a very excessive and unrealistic demand.
I'm not big into images. I'm into reality.
The dream of coming back is becoming a reality. A lot of the uncertainty about the future has been cleared up. A lot of people are no longer cursing the darkness and have started lighting candles and doing positive things.
When all was said and done, we reached a consensus. The consensus first was that the priority in this city, in this part of the state, in this part of the country, in this region, had to continue to be recovery and rebuilding from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
We felt the connection between this tragedy and what the people of New York went through on 9/11 (was significant).
I've spoken to many owners already, and I think there's a really strong consensus that what is needed is a pretty effective leader and someone who can be around for a good, long period of time. Whatever differences people have on specific issues will be pretty well submerged as they try to find the right type of talent to lead thee organization.
These field improvements in Cincinnati and Covington are tangible signs of our Youth Football Fund in action.
The state of Texas, and San Antonio, are helping shelter hurricane victims. That is the most important mission right now.
The situation is about as dire as dire can be.
The sense I have is if we ever get around to considering expansion in the NFL, San Antonio would be on anyone's short list.