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Brian Rolapp will leave his post in NFL to become the first PGA Tour CEO.
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There is a white smoke that comes out on the headquarters of PGA Tour.
Brian Rollapp, a long -run NFL executive and a visible one -time heir to current commissioner Roger Goodell, is expected to become the first CEO of PGA Tour, according to numerous reports and confirmed by Golf.com. ESPN insider NFL Adam Schefter He was the first to report the news.
Rollapp is expected to be confirmed as a tour of the tournament during a meeting of advisory boards and tourist companies of the tournament next week. The tournament has traditionally held the board meetings during the travelers’ Championship week, which overlaps with the end of the second fiscal quarter of the tournament. If things go as planned with the tour board-composed of six “players” and six “independent directors” -rolapp will become the first CEO of the tournament, falling into a role that is expected to have a significant impact on the form and future of the greatest Golf Pro Tour.
ROPP, A long NFL media executiverepresents an important coup for the tournament. He has been the NFL’s leading business official and media for the last eight years, during which time he helped negotiate a multiple reference point, multi -billion dollars for media rights with NBC, CBC, Fox, Netflix and Amazon. Rolapp has spent the last 22 years in various roles in the NFL, most of which have come to the league media business, which currently generates More than $ 10 billion per year. Rolapp success in the role and relationship with the underwear of the league lowered it Some short lists As a visible heir to Goodell, the long commissioner of the League. Goodell, 66, has led the NFL since 2007 and recently extended his contract by 2027.
It is unclear how RollAPP employment will affect the status of current commissioner Jay Monahan, whose mandate with tournaments has been under increased control in the two years after the Saudi Pif Frame Agreement. A tournament source showed that Monahan feels “really good” for Rollapp as a candidate.
“PGA Tour HQ is buzzing,” the source said. “This is a great day for the tournament. People are really positive.”
Rollapp enters the new role with some significant concerns on the horizon: the ongoing battle with Liv Golf, setting $ 1.5 billion in “Capital Growth” by strategic sports group, the continuous metamorphosis of the tournament and TV Topsy Turvy schedules.
When they were reached by Golf.com, some industry contacts with links to Golf and Rollapp rented.
“Brian is a great collaborator and a smart leader who knows how to make the agendas come true,” said an industry source.
Rollapp growth in NFL coincided with a meteoric increase in the value and importance of media rights agreements, which have increased to get a massive share of general sports income. Today, media rights tariffs – paid by networks in the League for Events Broadcasting – make up tens of billions of income per year for larger sports leagues. PGA Tour is currently in the middle of a 10-year agreement, $ 700 million of annual rights with NBC and CBS.
