In the end, this committee gave no public endorsement to any of the five finalists: Goodell, Levy and three outsiders: Frederick Nance, a Cleveland lawyer; Robert L. Reynolds, chief operating officer of Fidelity Investments; and Mayo A. Shattuck III, chairman and chief executive of Constellation Energy. But an explicit endorsement was not necessary.
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Some owners are expected to support the outsiders. Reynolds, for instance, was proposed by the New England Patriots’ owner, Robert K. Kraft; he will presumably support him, at least in the early voting. But the process favors familiarity.
