Roger Goodell's wallet suffered a setback in 2015. Don't feel too badly for him, though. He still made a ton of money.
On Thursday, Sports Business Journal's Daniel Kaplan revealed the NFL commissioner's 2015 salary. According to Kaplan, Goodell brought in $32 million -- a decrease of $2.1 million, or six percent from his 2014 salary of $34.1 million.
NFL paid Goodell $32 mil in 2015, tax filing shows, first full year of comp disclosed since player misconduct scandal. Story in @sbjsbd
— daniel kaplan (@dkaplanSBJ) June 30, 2016
Goodell pay down about 7 percent from year before. Still, owners clearly did not hit his wallet too hard 4 player scandals of '14.
— daniel kaplan (@dkaplanSBJ) June 30, 2016
If you recall, Goodell mishandled Ray Rice's domestic violence incident in 2014 by initially suspending him for only two games before eventually suspending him indefinitely after video of the incident emerged. There's no way to know, though, if that's specifically why his pay decreased in 2015. In 2013, Goodell made $35 million and in 2012 he earned $44.2 million.
As Kaplan pointed out, this might be our last look at Goodell's paychecks.
The NFL filing is the last the league will have to disclose since it changed status to taxable. No more looks at commish pay
— daniel kaplan (@dkaplanSBJ) June 30, 2016
And that means we won't be able to speculate how his handling of Deflategate might play a role in his salary this year.