It's not at the top of her jobs list.
ON PRO FOOTBALL; Dream Job for Rice: N.F.L. Commissioner
By Mike Freeman
Published: April 17, 2002
There is a constant buzz around the sunny West Wing office of Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's national security adviser. On a recent afternoon people were scurrying in and out, trying to grab her attention, seeking her counsel. Rice welcomes yet another visitor and expresses relief that, for a few minutes at least, she will not be asked to discuss the latest world crisis. No, Rice is going to talk football, and she is ecstatic about it.
Rice, a former Stanford University provost and political scientist, is one of the president's most trusted advisers. If she were to leave government service tomorrow, there would probably be a great number of major corporations pursuing her. The football chat begins with a question about her future, and Rice responds that her dream job is on Park Avenue in New York.
She wants to be commissioner of the National Football League. She is serious.
'That's absolutely right,' she said, 'though not immediately and not before Paul Tagliabue is ready to step down. I want to say that for the record.
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