Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue has died at the age of 84.

Paul Tagliabue, who served as NFL commissioner for 17 seasons as the league experienced tremendous prosperity and growth, died Sunday morning at the age of 84, his family announced.

Paul Tagliabue, who was an employee of the NFL for 16 seasons The shortest height and grew up, died Sunday morning at the age of 88, his family announced.

The apparent cause of death was heart failure complicated by Parkinson's disease.

Tagliabue became commissioner in 1989 on behalf of Pete Rozelle.He was succeeded in 2006 by current Commissioner Roger Goodell.

"Paul was the last representative of the game - tall, humble, and determined, he sees each good, a principle he inherited from Pete Rosell," Polill Child said.

"... I am very grateful and proud to have Paul as a friend and mentally. I finish the countless hours we spend with him as an executive, husband and father."

News of Onliabue's death comes ahead of the start of the seven-match series which begins on Sunday at 1 p.m.ua.Many teams had moments of silence throughout the day to mark Paeso, Shras Shelleland, Dallas Counkle who died on Thursday.

The value of many of the 'Franchisics of' Franchises was increased by Tenford during Taglibue's tenure as chairman of the board.When he left, more than two-thirds of the 32 teams in the NFL were playing or Houston Texans (2002) and Houston Texans (2002) - In his 2832 team.

He was elected to the Football Hall of Fame as a contributor in 2020.

"In looking at what makes the NFL so attractive, I always come back to the players who make the game what it is," Tagliabue said during his Hall of Fame induction speech."Athletes who thrive in the competitive environment of the National Football League are highly motivated individuals with clear values ​​and outstanding goals. . . . We must respect players for these qualities and what they represent as leaders in sports and society."

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"I believe there was no real analysis of the [9/11] attack," Tagleiba was quoted as saying in 2017.

He also ensured the Saints returned to New Orleans for the 2005 season after moving to San Antonio due to Hurricane Katrina.

When he announced his retirement in 2006, Tagliabue said his greatest accomplishment during his tenure was "building a strong relationship with the NFL Players Association," which "viewed everyone involved in the NFL in the '80s as a negative."

Working with players' union executive director Gene Apsa and following late Pittsburgh Steelers owner Don Rooney's advice not to "overweight any owner," Taglieb helped restore peace to owner-player relations after labor strikes in 1982 and 1987.There was no stoppage of work during his 17-year tenure.The league enjoyed historic television contracts and free agency and salary caps under Taglieb.

"The organization of all the groups is the same as the competition, and it was a lot of playing with the manager," Manilia told the Guardian.

Tagliabue implemented a policy on drug use that was considered the strongest in major sports.He also made a "judgment" Rooney "that all the teams that have vacancies in the vacancies must interview a young student. Since then it has been expanded to include the front office and major positions in the league.

When he took over in 1989, the NFL had just hired its first modern head coach.By the time the speakers dropped in 2006, there were seven young head coaches on the moon.

In the yearBefore moving to Las Luces in 1994, his biggest regrets and for Oakland, Los Angeles, were returning from HIV and Rice counties, but after Mondays in 2016, Dream in 2017.

Brown hair and chins were also made during his reign.Brown moved to Baltipitire to become the oves in 1996, and the team started in Detunogatupe in Tennessee to become the Titans in 1997.

In 2017, TagliaBue said that the relationship for grants he made with tsendar years ago was a "relatively small problem" due to the recognition of the number of agreements.

"Obviously," he told the Talk of Fame Network, "I'm really sorry for those words. Looking back, it wasn't a reasonable language to express my thoughts at the time. My language was rampant and it led to a serious misunderstanding.

My goal at the time was to make one point as simple as possible: there was a demand for better data. "There is a need for more reliable information about how they are defined in terms of gravity."

Following retirement, Tagliabue was appointed by Goodell in 2012 to hear a complaint about four players suspended in the Saints' "BountyGate" case.Tagliabue concluded the suspension by saying that although three of the four people involved were hurting the league, the case was "tainted by the coaches and others in the Saints organization."

Tagliabuenso as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Georget University from 2009 to 2015.

Before working for his lawyer, the tag was a danger at the university in Georouto.Before taking the computer job, the tag was a League of Legends lawyer representing the times and the unnamed representative of the NFLIF in Washington and Washington.

He is survived by his wife, Chandler, son, Drew, and daughter, Emily.

Adam Schefter and The Associated Press contributed to this report.