as you said, pete roselle did this 29 years. i am 19 now. will be a time when it's needed to be a change that's in the best interest of the nfl. that's an important thing. david: when you were young, you were too young to be president of the united states. they are in their late 70's these days. you are 65 i guess. you've got a ways to go. you signed a new contract that extends your term are 2027. have you thought about anything past there? roger: i have a full day that takes up a lot of my focus and thoughts. that's where i keep it. ♪ community is the way we find our strength and share our hope. it's the way dinner on the table brings a family closer together. it's the way we make sure his first chapter book is the first step on his path to greatness. it's the way we rally in hard times and rise back up stronger than ever. united is the way we come together so everyone can thrive. join us at unitedway.org.

. ♪ david: you wrote a letter to pete roselle when you are in college asking for an internship .his was in the early 1980's, and he responded positively because you got an internship. if you ever thought in your wildest imaginations what would've happened had he not responded positively and where you might be today? roger: he was kind, i don't know about positive. we get a lot of letters and a lot of interest in becoming an intern. he pushed it off to his executive director. i think it was close to 53 letters later when i got the internship. so it was an immediate response and i got a job. it took almost one year before that happened. but i have no idea what i would be doing today if i wasn't here at the nfl. david: you didn't have an idea of doing something important by private equity if you haven't gotten into it? roger: those guys are too smart for me. david: i doubt that. some people that are watching now and say what did he put in his letter that was so persuasive to get an internship with the nfl, what did you say that future people that want to write letters to people like

as you said, pete roselle did this 29 years. i am 19 now. will be a time when it's needed to be a change that's in the best interest of the nfl. that's an important thing. david: when you were young, you worry too young to be president of the united states. they are in their late 70's these days. you are 65 i guess. you've got a ways to go. you signed a new contract that extend your terms are 2027. have you thought about anything past their? roger: i have a full day that takes up a lot of my focus and thoughts. that's where i keep it. ♪

pete roselle was a hero of mine and i wanted to work for him. thought the nfl played a really important role in society and had a great future. david: did you ever think if you stayed with the jets you could one day become a football coach at the nfl? roger: i could have, i probably wouldn't be with the jets anymore. their tenure didn't last very long. i think i made the right choice. david: in 2006, you became the commissioner. now people are probably wondering, what does the commissioner actually do? it's a great title, the commissioner, but it's an awkward position in the sense that you are employed by the owners but you have to sometimes penalize the employers when they do something wrong, you have to fine them and sometimes they are not happy. how does that work that you have to please the people who are your employers but also sometimes you have to fine them. roger: i just say don't get 24 owners in one day pissed off at you. but i think the real issue is, yes you are hired by the owners, , they select you. but i think the commissioner's u