The Facts: Roger Goodell and NFL owners are expected to finalize a multi-year contract extension for the commissioner at next week's owners meetings in Phoenix, league sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Diehards Line: Goodell's extension has been in the works since last season, when the compensation committee was granted permission by the full membership to get an extension done, according to Schefter's sources. The sides have discussed a three-year extension, according to those sources, but no length of time is agreed to yet. The economic framework of Goodell's new deal is not known but is expected to be incentive-laden and, considering the league's financial success, the most lucrative deal ever given to any commissioner in any sport. This is the fourth extension for Goodell, who took over for Paul Tagliabue on Sept. 1, 2006; the previous extensions came in 2009, 2012 and 2017. Once this extension is finalized, however, the coming years also are expected to bring an increasing emphasis on identifying potential candidates to be Goodell's successor.