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DEL.ICIO.USMcKay the commish? No way.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Terence Moore
Rich McKay isn’t going anywhere. He never was, at least when it came to the Falcons general manager leaving to become NFL commissioner.
It isn’t a done deal that Roger Goodell will be Paul Tagliabue’s replacement, but it’s pretty close. For two reasons: First, Goodell has been Tagliabue’s right-hand man forever and involved in every major decision involving the league during their years together; second, Tagliabue wants Goodell to be the man.
In other words, this won’t resemble 1960, when it took 23 ballots for the owners to elect somebody named Pete Rozelle. Neither will it take the seven months of infighting that occurred in 1989 before Tagliabue was picked over long-time NFL executive Jim Finks.
In early August, when the owners vote this time, Goodell will be the league’s pick, and McKay will remain the Falcons’ man.
In other words: Both sides will win.
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