Age: 48
Title: Commissioner, National Football League
Pro: Rose from NFL intern to head of America's most successful pro league. Installed a tough new personal conduct policy to repair the league's image, and his year-long suspension of bad-boy Adam "Pacman" Jones proved he's a smart disciplinarian.
Con: The last two NFL commissioners, Pete Rozelle and Paul Tagliabue, left Goodell an institution. Any middle manager could run the league at this point. Without a full year on the job, it's hard to grade Goddell, but shouldn't the NFL provide more aid to struggling retired players?