Paul Tagliabue
American lawyer and former commissioner of the NFLWikipedia
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Oct 20, 2026
ColeHOST
Let me know.
ColeHOST
Paul Tagliabue.
ColeHOST
That was right? Yes.
ColeHOST
Tagliabue? No, no, not tag your boob.
ColeHOST
Tagliabue led what sports league from 1989 to 2006? Paul Tagliabue led what sports league from 1989 to 2006? Again, here's a hint.
ColeHOST
When I'm talking about sports league, I'm not looking for fucking darts, bowling.
KevinHOST
Yeah, but, like, I mean, if you've never heard the fucking name, you're probably not going to know the sport.
Peter KingGUEST
And the NFL disappeared for six months.
Peter KingGUEST
Well, Paul Tagliabue takes over as commissioner in 1989.
Peter KingGUEST
Buttoned up lawyer.
Peter KingGUEST
And he says, we're not doing it that way.
Kirk MinihaneHOST
Specifically, really, 1996 and 1997, I suppose, but we're going to go back to get there as we usually do.
Kirk MinihaneHOST
With the Patriots, as Bill Parcells leaves the Patriots for the Jets and all the controversy, all the Krafts, Parcells, Will McDonough, Paul Tagliabue, the Jets, Belichick, all the stuff going on.
Kirk MinihaneHOST
And all the drama that led up to Bob Kraft becoming the owner of the Patriots.
Kirk MinihaneHOST
Now, this happens, obviously, if Kraft doesn't get it, I don't think.
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Kirk MinihaneHOST
Reports say that Moat was fined $2,000.
Kirk MinihaneHOST
The Herald says five players were involved.
Kirk MinihaneHOST
Uh, Tagliabue jumps in, tells Moet to come to the league offices.
Kirk MinihaneHOST
Kiam, Victor Kiam, now jumps in.
Peter KingGUEST
I mean, these are people who changed the landscape of pro football.
Peter KingGUEST
Paul Tagliabue takes it from being a five-month sport, six-month sport.
Peter KingGUEST
He starts expanding it.
Peter KingGUEST
Roger Goodell has, m- uh, you know, gone crazy with it i, in, mostly in a good way.
Sid RosenbergHOST
So if you wanna take one person, this is very difficult, I know that.
Sid RosenbergHOST
You got Steve Sabol, a dear friend of mine over the years, who did all those great NFL films.
Sid RosenbergHOST
You've got Paul Tagliabue.
Sid RosenbergHOST
You talked about the great, um, police commi- uh, police commissioner, the great, uh, NFL commissioner.
Peter KingGUEST
Pete Rozelle, the commissioner, believed that absence made the heart grow fonder, and when the league came around again in late August, everybody would be so excited.
Peter KingGUEST
This is not what Paul Tagliabue and Roger Goodell, his successors, feel.
Peter KingGUEST
In 2009, Goodell started this thing called a calendar wheel, and he means now so that there are f- there are tent pole events throughout the season to make us watch things and look at things and see things that maybe we don't really care about, but the NFL tries to make us care about, like the release of the schedule in May, the scouting combine, the dr- all, all this stuff.
Peter KingGUEST
And that is how the NFL tries to become a 24/7 league all the time.
Pablo TorreGUEST
You've covered him for so long.
Pablo TorreGUEST
What changes have you seen personally in him over the years?
Peter KingGUEST
You know, I think Roger, uh, basically was a really, really bright guy who Paul Tagliabue eyed early on as a guy he wanted to climb the ladder in the league, and he did.
Peter KingGUEST
And when Tagliabue stepped down in 2006, here came Roger Goodell, and now he is in his 20th, 21st year, actually.
Peter KingGUEST
It just, that was a crazy year that people don't really know about, and so that's gonna be one thing.
Peter KingGUEST
And, and one other, one other year was Paul Tagliabue and how he dealt with 9/11, and Tom, I mean, uh, uh, Paul Tagliabue dealing with 9/11, the reason...
Peter KingGUEST
I saw him five days after the thing to, after 9/11, after the towers fell-
Tom E. CurranHOST
Mm-hmm
Peter KingGUEST
... uh, to interview him for SI, and, uh, in the middle of the interview, he was so emotional, he just started crying.
Peter KingGUEST
And I always wondered, why did Paul Tagliabue cry that day?
Tom E. CurranHOST
Mm-hmm.
Peter KingGUEST
It's always just sort of stuck with me, and so I asked him five months before his death in 2025, "Why, what happened that day? What...
Peter KingGUEST
And so that's going to be one thing.
Peter KingGUEST
And one other one other year was Paul Tagliabue and how he dealt with 9-11.
Peter KingGUEST
And Tom, I mean, Paul Tagliabue dealing with 9-11.
Peter KingGUEST
The reason I saw him five days after the thing to after 9-11, after the towers fell.
Peter KingGUEST
to interview him for SI.
Peter KingGUEST
And in the middle of the interview, he was so emotional, he just started crying.
Peter KingGUEST
And I always wondered, why did Paul Tagliabue cry that day? It's always just sort of stuck with me.
Peter KingGUEST
And so I asked him five months before his death in 2025, what happened that day? And he told me, That he basically, in the back of his mind, he was definitely worried about a second attack on the U.S.
Peter KingGUEST
And so that's gonna be one thing.
Peter KingGUEST
And, and one other, one other year was Paul Tagliabue and how he dealt with 9/11.
Peter KingGUEST
And Tom, I mean, uh, uh, Paul Tagliabue dealing with 9/11, the reason, I saw him five days after the thing to, after 9/11, after the towers fell-
Tom CurranHOST
Mm-hmm
Peter KingGUEST
... uh, to interview him for SI, and, uh, in the middle of the interview he was so emotional, he just started crying.
Peter KingGUEST
And I always wondered, why did Paul Tagliabue cry that day?
Tom CurranHOST
Mm-hmm.
Peter KingGUEST
It's always just sort of stuck with me.
Peter KingGUEST
There's, you know, why did Reggie White choose Green Bay? Secret: He really didn't want to, but he did.
Peter KingGUEST
Why did Paul Tagliabue have such angst after the towers fell in New York? Well, I mean, he had a fear about a second attack that was not just going to be attacking a building, it was going to be a nuclear attack.
Jourdan RodrigueHOST
Mm-hmm.
Peter KingGUEST
He, he had legitimate fear.
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Peter KingGUEST
But I was so curious about so many stories.
Peter KingGUEST
And I- I'll give you a classic example.
Peter KingGUEST
Paul Tagliabue, just four months before he died, uh, he agreed to talk to me for the book.
Peter KingGUEST
We talked for 65 minutes.
Peter KingGUEST
He really didn't want to, but he did.
Peter KingGUEST
Why did Paul Tagliabue have such angst after the towers fell in New York? Well, I mean, he had a fear about a second attack That was not just going to be attacking a building.
Peter KingGUEST
It was going to be a nuclear attack.
Peter KingGUEST
He he had legitimate fear.
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Peter KingGUEST
Because I wanted to know.
Peter KingGUEST
Gee, 1988, I always heard that Bill Walsh was... really kind of losing it while he coached his last season and oh yeah he was losing it and you'll read in this book how he lost it and who got him back you know sort of back in the in the fold But I was so curious about so many stories.
Peter KingGUEST
And I'll give you a classic example, Paul Tagliabue.
Peter KingGUEST
Just four months before he died, he agreed to talk to me for the book.
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