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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I said to the players that their accomplishment is extraordinary in winning three of four Super Bowls. But they know as well as anybody that a bounce of the ball here or a missed tackle there or a tackle that was made by grabbing a guy's jersey, those are the small margins of victory.
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I do think that with only one game a year we need to be very realistic how frequently the game is going to be back in cities that have already had it. The point is, we can play Super Bowls all over America, but unless you are naive as to how the weather is in this country, it does still get cold in the winter. We have to be realistic. We're not going to play the game all over the country. We will concentrate on northern cities with domes and there will continue to be a heavy array of games in the southern climates.
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The Super Bowl now takes on a magnitude that almost defies the imagination.
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It's sort of inconsequential because we're dealing with a national disaster. In that context another home game is unimportant.
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Everyone has been working at this. At some point decisions need to be made.
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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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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.
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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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Superdome officials are pointing to the Falcons-Saints game on September 24 as the first event in the building since Hurricane Katrina. We are pleased that this historic re-opening will feature the annual renewal of the traditional Falcons-Saints rivalry.
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Superdome officials are pointing to the Falcons-Saints game on Sept. 24 as the first event in the building since Hurricane Katrina. We are pleased that this historic reopening will feature the annual renewal of the traditional Falcons-Saints rivalry.
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It's inconsequential because we're dealing with a national disaster, ... In that context, another home game is unimportant.
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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,