July 20 will be a highly important date on the 2023 offseason calendar, with a ratification vote on the sale of the Commanders set to take place. That summit will not include serious discussions of a few other key league matters. 
Owners are not expected to arrive at a final resolution on the topics of commissioner Roger Goodell‘s extension or Tom Brady‘s attempt to become a minority owner of the Raiders during the upcoming special league meeting, per Mark Maske of the Washington Post (Twitter link). Neither of those agenda items have as much urgency as the expected transfer of Commanders ownership to Josh Harris, a process which may have encountered a last-minute roadblock.
News of another new deal for Goodell first came out in March, and it has since been confirmed that it will be finalized at some point this offseason. The deal will keep Goodell under contract through 2027, and bring his tenure past the two-decade mark. The 64-year-old is also expected to begin identifying his successor, one who will no doubt be tasked with continuing Goodell’s efforts in growing the league’s revenues to an unprecedented degree. Maintaining the status quo for the intermediate future represents an obvious priority for the NFL’s owners.
Brady is aiming to join that group by creating a new partnership with Raiders owner Mark Davis. The pair already have a working relationship given their shared stake in the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces, which has led to speculation Brady could join the Raiders in a playing capacity. Instead, the seven-time Super Bowl winner is eyeing a hands-off role in the front office, something which will require specific approval from the league’s other owners. As is the case on the Goodell front, though, plenty of time remains for Brady’s Raiders agreement to receive the green light.
The Commanders sale – which the NFL scheduled for late July, rather than early August, demonstrating the optimism surrounding the prospect of a ‘yes’ vote – will of course be a milestone event in the franchise’s history and a major checkpoint on the league’s summer docket. Informal conversations related to the Goodell and Brady situations could certainly take place in Minneapolis, but more serious consideration will come down the road.
After all the racial strife and COVID garbage over the past couple of years I think we need some new blood in the commissioners office.
It would be nice to think racial strife could disappear simply by changing commissioners but I think that is totally unrealistic. Nobody was prepared for all the chaos created by the pandemic but I think Goodell and the NFL handled the situation as good as could have been expected. The other professional sports league struggled with COVID too. I agree with you that the NFL needs to re-evaluate it’s agenda and priorities however.
Racial strife is his problem?
I think he may have been referring to the minority hiring issues the league has been trying to deal with. The main problem for Goodell is that as soon as he starts to make headway with one problem he wades into another pool of quicksand. It doesn’t help that his pipedream of having the NFL in foreign markets is diverting his attention away from more important issues.
He’ll get,extended and Brady will get his token 2% minority share