The NFL is not considering dropping Bad Bunny as its Super Bowl halftime headline performer, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday, reaffirming a decision to put the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican artist on the league’s biggest stage that led to criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump and some of his supporters. Goodell addressed the Bad Bunny controversy at his news conference following …
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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show is not being reconsidered, Goodell says
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is not considering dropping Bad Bunny as its Super Bowl halftime headline performer, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday, reaffirming a decision to put the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican artist on the league’s biggest stage that led to criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump and some of his supporters. Goodell addressed the Bad Bunny controversy at …
Read More »Roger Goodell: NFL won’t reconsider Bad Bunny SB halftime show
Oct 22, 2025, 12:35 PM ET NEW YORK — The NFL is not considering dropping Bad Bunny as its Super Bowl halftime headline performer, commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday, reaffirming a decision to put the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican artist on the league’s biggest stage, which led to criticism from President Donald Trump and some of his supporters. Goodell addressed the …
Read More »Roger Goodell: Easier to get NFL teams to play internationally
Brooke PryorSep 27, 2025, 10:47 AM ET Close Brooke Pryor is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN who has covered the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2019. She previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and the University of Oklahoma for The Oklahoman. DUBLIN — Convincing NFL teams to play international games isn’t the task it used …
Read More »Roger Goodell: NFL wants 16 international games, with every team playing one per year
The NFL is even more determined than Stewie Griffin to achieve world domination. Appearing at a panel discussion in Ireland, one day before the Vikings and Steelers play at Croke Park in Dublin, Commissioner Roger Goodell reiterated the league’s objectives when it comes to making the National Football League an international game. Via Brooke Pryor of ESPN.com, Goodell said that …
Read More »Roger Goodell questions existence of Tom Brady conflict, despite existence of rules to address it
The vast majority of the NFL ecosystem now recognizes that Tom Brady’s dual roles as Fox broadcaster and Raiders minority owner create a conflict of interest. The small minority of those who believe otherwise include Brady himself — and the man who once suspended Brady for four games due to alleged cheating. MDS covered Commissioner Roger Goodell’s comments about the …
Read More »Roger Goodell: Teams don’t have to tell Tom Brady anything if they think it’s a conflict
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he doesn’t believe there’s an issue with Tom Brady being both a minority owner of the Raiders and the No. 1 analyst on Fox. Before calling a game on Sunday, Brady gets access to the teams that wouldn’t be given to any other minority owner of a rival team. But Goodell says teams can refuse …
Read More »Roger Goodell: NFL renegotiating TV deals “could happen as early as next year”
With NFL games continuing to out-draw everything else on American television, the NFL is eager to get even more lucrative deals with its TV partners. The NFL can opt out of its TV contracts with NBC, CBS, Fox and Amazon Prime Video after the 2029 season, and with ESPN after the 2030 season, but NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell thinks he …
Read More »NFL TV rights could enter renegotiations next year, Roger Goodell says
The NFL could begin renegotiating its media rights deals as soon as 2026, four years ahead of the current agreement’s opt-out clause, Commissioner Roger Goodell told CNBC in an exclusive interview. A new media rights deal could potentially add billions of dollars to the league’s coffers. The league needs agreement from its current media partners — Disney, Comcast’s NBCUniversal, Paramount, …
Read More »Taylor Swift performing at the Super Bowl? NFL commissioner Roger Goodell: ‘Maybe’
Football People in sports Taylor Swift People in entertainment See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link With the new season of the NFL kicking off on Thursday, it’s only natural that everyone is talking about who will feature at the upcoming Super Bowl. But while some are busy predicting which two teams will battle it out for the Vince Lombardi …
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