The 5 finalists were announced today: ROGER S. GOODELL, 47, New York, N.Y. Executive Vice President and COO, NFL. GREGG H. LEVY, 53, Washington, D.C. Partner, Covington & Burling law firm. FREDERICK R. NANCE, 52, Cleveland, Ohio. Partner, Squire Sanders & Dempsey law firm. ROBERT L. REYNOLDS, 54, Concord, Mass. Vice Chairman and COO, Fidelity Investments. MAYO A. SHATTUCK III, 51, Baltimore, Md. Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Constellation Energy.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>ROGER S. GOODELL, 47, New York, N.Y. Executive Vice President and COO, NFL.</div> He'd get my vote. Lawyers and CEOs of companies that have nothing to do with sports raise red flags for me. What was Tagliabue's background? Was he promoted from within the NFL or did he come in from outside?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pack Attack)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>ROGER S. GOODELL, 47, New York, N.Y. Executive Vice President and COO, NFL.</div> He'd get my vote. Lawyers and CEOs of companies that have nothing to do with sports raise red flags for me. What was Tagliabue's background? Was he promoted from within the NFL or did he come in from outside?</div> Goodell is a lawyer also if i am not wrong. He will win. He had the votes before search began. They just wanted to be thorough.