An interview with Paul Tagliabue
No, not me, sadly, but NFL.com snagged an interview with Paul Tagliabue. All in all, it’s a good read.
I found the part where they asked him about retiring particularly interesting:
Tags: Paul-TagliabueBurmeister: Looking ahead, now, Commissioner, the speculation in the last 24 hours, that the end might come this spring for you as far as your tenure. Can you talk about your short term future here at the NFL?
Commissioner: Yeah, I think it is speculation, because I haven’t really focused on the future. A couple of years ago, when I extended my contract, we did have some discussion, myself, and half a dozen owners who were on my contract committee — if that’s what you want to call it — we did talk about a timeline … but most of the focus was on trying to ensure that there was a well-structured succession plan in process or a transition process.
As you know, in ‘89, when Pete Rozelle retired, it was very protracted and fractious. And in 1960, after Bert Bell’s death, it was very protracted and fractious, and I feel that — and I know the owners feel — that we should be smart enough to do this in a seamless way, so we did have a lot of those conversations, but I have been so busy in the last few months, I don’t even know what city I am in, much less what I want to do in the next couple of years.
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