Roger Goodell Freezing '09 Salary, Cutting FY '08 Compensation

Goodell Will Maintain His Current $11M Salary During Next FY Despite Entitlement To Raise

THREE-MAN ROUTE: In DC, Mark Maske cited sources as saying DC-based attorney DeMaurice Smith and former NFLers Troy Vincent and Trace Armstrong are the three finalists to become NFLPA Exec Dir following Exec Committee meetings in Dallas Thursday. A formal announcement from Titans C and NFLPA President Kevin Mawae is "possible" today. Vincent and Armstrong have been "regarded by many players as the favorites for the job," while Smith has "emerged as the top contender from outside the sport" (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 2/12).

REMEMBER THE TITANS: SI.com's Frank Deford wrote for the NFL, "above all the commerce and politics hovers the issue of health, which itself has caused a great rift" between former players and the NFLPA. Congress has indicated that the union "has simply not done enough for its retired warriors," and the current players "can't seem to recognize the inexorable fact that someday very soon, yes, they too are all going to be past players." Deford wrote it is "simply time for football -- all of the NFL -- to start, benevolently, looking after its own." Goodell "ought to call for some sort of summit, bringing together all the league's constituencies, as well as appropriate medical experts" (SI.com, 2/11).

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