Roger Goodell made $44.2 million in 2012, but he actually didn't make $44.2 million
In actuality, he earned $35.1 million in salary, bonus, and pension compensation for the one-year period.
The compensation also includes a $5 million incentive payment and a $4.1 million pension payment from the year of the work stoppage, which was paid in 2012.
In other words, Goodell’s compensation of nearly $30 million in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 was $9.1 million too light. It should have been nearly $39 million that year, with only $35.1 million earned the following 12 months.