Roger Goodell has signed a four-year contract extension through March 2031, keeping him in charge as the NFL approaches major labor and media decisions.

Roger Goodell isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

The NFL commissioner has signed a four-year contract extension that will keep him in charge of the league through March 31, 2031, extending one of the longest and most consequential runs in modern American sports leadership.

Goodell’s previous deal was scheduled to expire in March 2027. The new agreement ensures he’ll remain commissioner through the end of the current collective bargaining agreement and into a period when the NFL is expected to confront major questions about scheduling, international expansion and its next generation of media rights.

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According to a memo distributed to owners, Patriots owner Robert Kraft said the league’s Compensation Committee worked with an independent consultant and outside counsel to structure the deal.

The most notable detail is how heavily Goodell’s compensation is tied to results.

Ninety-five percent of his total compensation will be based on performance and league benchmarks evaluated by the Compensation Committee.

That structure reflects how dramatically the NFL has grown under Goodell since he became commissioner in 2006.

League revenues, franchise valuations and television audiences have all surged during his tenure, while the NFL has expanded its international schedule and pushed deeper into streaming. Current national media agreements with Amazon, CBS, ESPN/ABC, Fox and NBC run through the 2033 season, putting Goodell in position to help shape the league’s next major broadcast strategy.

Labor could be even more important.

The current NFL-NFLPA collective bargaining agreement runs through the 2030 season and expires in March 2031. That means Goodell’s new contract essentially takes him right to the edge of the league’s next major labor negotiation.

Among the issues likely to dominate future talks is the possibility of an 18-game regular season, something Goodell has publicly discussed as a potential long-term change.

Goodell will be 72 when the new deal expires, which immediately raises another question: Is this his final contract?

The NFL hasn’t announced any succession plan, and there’s no obvious heir apparent positioned to take over the commissioner’s office.

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For now, the league’s owners have answered the more immediate question.

They still want Goodell running the NFL.

And with another four years secured, he’ll remain at the center of the league’s biggest business, labor and scheduling decisions well into the next decade.