“Roger Looked At Me and Said..”: Dwayne Johnson Reveals His Pitch to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to Make XFL Players Richer

Since the inauguration of the revamped XFL earlier this year in February, the league has grown tremendously. It can be said that Dwayne Johnson became successful in his goal of creating opportunities for others in an area dominated by the NFL. However, recently he talked about how NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell helped him rebuild the league. The Rock recalled, Dany Garcia calling him to purchase XFL while Vince McMahon was selling. Then after that, he and other co-owners had a meeting with Goodell for rebuilding the league.

Dwayne Johnson recalls Roger Goodell helping him to rebuild XFL

In a recent interview with The Pivot Podcast, The Rock shared having a meeting with the NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell. He recalled how after purchasing the league he sat with Goodell and several executives to explain his views on XFL.

The People’s Champion said, “There is no competition with the NFL, that’s the gold standard. But I said what we’d love to do is try and grow the game of football out of respect. Is there a way that we could find a partnership?”

He added, “Roger looked at me and said ‘Yes’, looked at all of us, and said ‘Yes’. So that’s the first step and then the next part was let’s take our time, let’s build the league.”

Furthermore, The Jumanji star explained how he and Dany Garcia are storytellers at Seven Bucks Production. They tell stories on the big screen, hence their biggest challenge was to bring the athletes who weren’t that famous.

The WWE legend said, “They’re not big-time stars like you guys and weren’t making millions of dollars like you guys. But they are living the dream you know, these have been your boys too, we have known these players. They are living the dream, they’re trying to work hard, they’re trying to put food on their table, and take care of their families.”

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Therefore, he took it as a challenge and brought some innovation, and launched the league. Johnson just wanted no athlete to have to go through his story of being number 54 and this season he made it happen for several athletes.

The Rock wishes XFL existed when he wasn’t picked in the NFL draft

While talking about the aim of XFL, DJ emotionally said if XFL existed back then when he played football, he would’ve got an opportunity.

Johnson said, “But also I wish I had the XFL I was coming out of Miami and that it didn’t happen for me, it was the CFL. It’s either, you guys really know if it’s the NFL or CFL.”

Nevertheless, he shed light on how CFL will take care of Canadian players first. However, he is happy with the current situation and calls it fate. What do you make out of DJ’s comments? Share your opinion below.

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