NFL Executive Director for Club Relations and International Development Roger Goodell speaks at a press conference during the week of NFL Super Bowl XXV on January 23, 1991 in Tampa, Florida. (AP Photo/Paul Spinelli)

NFL Exec. Dir. Don Weiss and Asst. to the president Roger Goodell on the sidelines during the NFL football divisional championship game against the Minnesota Vikings on January 6, 1990 in San Francisco, California. The 49ers won the game 41-13. (AP Photo/Paul Spinelli)

NFL executive and future NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell shakes hands with a member of the media during the 1987 NFL Draft on April 28, 1987 in New York, New York. (AP Photo/Paul Spinelli)

Roger Goodell, executive vice-president of the NFL, hears the translation from a headphone during a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico on July 15, 2005. (AP Photo/Jaime Lopez)

Jean Goodell, wife of Sen. Charles Goodell from New York, poses with her five sons in the Goodell's Washington residence, on Sept. 11, 1968. (Associated Press)

Roger Goodell, 11, son of Sen. Charles Goodell, R-N.Y., lights his fathers pipe during a press conference at the Drake Hotel in New York, on Oct. 31, 1970. (Associated Press)

Sen. Charles Goodell, R-N.Y., poses on the steps of the Capital in Washington with his wife, Jean, and children, front from left, Jeffrey,6, Michael, 8, Roger, 9, and Bill, 12, rear right, and Tim, 11, partially obscured behind Roger, on Sept. 12, 1968. (Associated Press)

Sen. Charles Goodell, R-N.Y., walks down Fifth Avenue in New York with his son, Roger, on this Nov. 3, 1970. (Associated Press)

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks to reporters during a press conference prior to the game between the Atlanta Falcons against the New Orleans Saints at the Louisiana Superdome on September 25, 2006 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints defeated the Falcons 23-3. (AP Photo/Scott Boehm)

New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin, right, shakes hands after presenting a jersey to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell at Giants football practice Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, right, talks to New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning at Giants football practice Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

New NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell smiles and poses for a picture with members of the musical group Rascal Flatts on the field prior to the Pittsburgh Steelers game against the Miami Dolphins at Heinz Field on September 7, 2006 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Steelers defeated the Dolphins 28-17. (AP Photo/Paul Spinelli)

NFL Network broadcasters Marshall Faulk (left) and Rich Eisen (right) inteview NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on the field prior to a game between the New Orleans Saints against the Atlanta Falcons at the Louisiana Superdome on September 25, 2006 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints defeated the Falcons 23-3. (AP Photo/David Drapkin)

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell talks guests during the Host Committee Kickoff Luncheon in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Monday, Dec. 4, 2006. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell talks with reporters as he visits the Titans football training camp Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, talks with fans as he visits the Tennessee Titans training camp Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell talks with people on the field before the NFL football game between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during commencement ceremonies at UMass-Lowell at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Mass., Saturday, May 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks at the Green Bay Packers annual meeting of shareholders Thursday, July 29, 2010, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a news conference to launch the Gen YOUth Foundation at the NFL football Super Bowl XLV Media Center in Dallas, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. The Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers will face each other in Super Bowl XLV Sunday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

National Football League draft prospect Cam Newton, right, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell participate in an NFL predraft event, in New York, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. NFL players are urging a federal judge to deny the league's request to essentially restore the lockout, saying their careers are at stake. Goodell, meanwhile, says owners are preparing for every contingency. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell poses with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after a news conference Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Indianapolis. The New England Patriots will face the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Roger Goodell, left, the NFL's chief operating officer, and Paul Tagliabue, NFL commissioner, pose for photos after Goodell was selected to succeed Tagliabue as the league's new commissioner at an NFL meeting in Northbrook, IL on Aug. 8, 2006. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell during the Detroit Lions NFL football training camp Thursday, Aug 2, 2012, in Allen Park, Mich. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks with the media as he answers question regarding the state of the National Football League during the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Press Conference at the Media Center in the Tampa Convention Center on January 30, 2009 in Tampa, Florida. (AP Photo/Scott Boehm)

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, center, talks with a group of youth football players from the Akron Parents Pee Wee Football League after they received new helmets in Akron, Ohio, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. These youth football players from low income families, are among thousands nationwide who benefit from a youth safety and helmet replacement program, partially sponsored by the NFL, to improve player safety. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)