Gayle Benson told NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that she wanted to serve on committees – so, for starters, he appointed her to the business ventures committee.
CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMOREPHOENIX – Gayle Benson chuckled when it was suggested that she has had a baptism by fire. A little more than a year since the passing of her husband, Tom, left her in such a powerful position -- the first woman as primary owner for an NFL and NBA franchises – Benson has had a front-row seat to two of the most controversial sports developments of the year.
While owners, coaches and league officials ultimately came to the solution of expanding instant replay to include pass interference, Benson made news in another league, too. It has been clear within NFL circles that Benson is determined to have legitimate influence on key issues that go way beyond pushing the rule change. Commissioner Roger Goodell said it was striking that days after Tom Benson’s burial last spring, Gayle Benson attended the NFL owners’ meetings in Orlando. She told Goodell that she wanted to serve on committees – so, for starters, he appointed her to the business ventures committee.
"It’s like Steve Jobs says: We’re hiring a lot of smart people. No, I’m not here to tell them what to do. They’re here to tell me what they’re going to do. Or else we shouldn’t have hired them.”
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