Best and Worst Sports Executives 2008

There is a whole other game that goes on behind the scenes in any sport. TIME has chosen some of the notable — and not so notable — sports executives and asks you to vote on who plays the game best

By Sean Gregory, Josh Tyrangiel, Adam Smith, Hannah Beech, Kristina Dell, Andrew Downie, Uki Goni, Jeff Israely, Tony Karon, Glen Levy, Catherine Mayer, Simon Robinson, Bill Saporito, and Yuri Zarakhovich

Roger Goodell

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Age: 49
Title: Commissioner, NFL

PRO: Has tackled pressing issues like player behavior and poor pension benefits for NFL retirees.

CON: Destruction of all that Spygate evidence is, uh, interesting.

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