[Drake]

Read this terrific piece by ESPN on the profile of Roger Goodell. If your not a of fan of the guy I still suggest you read it.

GOODELL'S UNWAVERING BELIEF in his instincts, especially about football, started young. And until recently, nothing but success came of it.

At first, all Roger Goodell wanted to do was play. The middle son of five boys, he played running back, tight end and safety until he blew out his knee at 17. After graduating from Washington & Jefferson College in 1981, he wrote to his father: "If there is one thing I want to accomplish in my life besides becoming commissioner of the NFL, it is to make you proud of me."

Charles Goodell was his idol and famous for his uncompromising politics. In 1969, as a Republican senator from New York, he introduced a bill in the Senate to withdraw all American troops from Vietnam. Charles Goodell thought too many young soldiers had died and the war had to stop. His move infuriated President Nixon and powerful Republicans on Capitol Hill. As retribution, they supported James Buckley, who won Sen. Goodell's seat in November 1970. To this day, Goodell credits his father's principles and integrity and still hangs the legislation on his office wall.

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/page...ell/game-rules