Obama: 'I cannot believe the commissioner of football gets paid $44 million a year'

[joeybee12]

Obama making a "grumpy cat" face at the DNC's Women's Leadership Forum in Washington.

President Obama sat down with HBO's Bill Simmons for a lengthy interview published in GQ on Tuesday, and among the numerous topics discussed was NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
Simmons, who has been vocal in his criticisms of the commissioner, broached the subject of Goodell by bringing up a hypothetical situation in which three of the major sports leagues were looking for a new commissioner.

Simmons asked Obama whether he would be interested in any of them:

Simmons: Baseball, football, basketball, all the commissioner jobs open up next year. Which one would you want?

Obama: Well, I'm best suited for basketball. But I cannot believe that the commissioner of football gets paid $44 million a year.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/obama-cannot-believe-commissioner-football-172535448.html

[erpowers]

1. Billion Dollar Industry

Well, it is a billion dollar industry. I do not know about the others sports. I guess they are billion dollar industries also; however, I think football is the most profitable sport in America.

[El Supremo]

2. "But he had a better year."

"I know, but I had a better year than (President Herbert) Hoover." - 1930 Babe Ruth response to his salary of $80,000 being more than the President's $75,000.

On edit: Did I just respond to an OP by Joeybee?

[ProfessorGAC]

3. You Too, El

I think this feud has run it's course. Let it go

[El Supremo]

4. I'll think about it when The Ignorer...

stops ignoring.