The National Football League, a 501(c)(6) tax-exempt organization, reported paying its chief executive Roger Goodell more than $29 million in 2011. The NFL, which considers itself a trade group, has a history of paying commissioner Goodell in the eight- to nine-figure range, but his 2011 salary represents a 150 percent increase from his previous highest paycheck, driven in large part by a $22.3 million bonus. Goodell's salary is not the highest recorded for a nonprofit CEO. The New York Stock Exchange, which was a nonprofit organization until 2006, paid outgoing chief Richard Grasso $139.5 million in 2003 and committed to pay $48 million more in deferred compensation. That… Read More