The stalemate became ugly, and Pete Rozelle, the N.F.L. commissioner, stepped in as mediator.
Meredith Attwell Baker, a Republican commissioner, stepped down in June to become a senior vice president for Comcast.
However, the standards commissioner stepped in after receiving a complaint from pressure group the Sunlight Centre for Open Politics.
The smart money is already on the PGA Tour's commissioner stepping aside in the not so distant future, with Jay Monahan – already a deputy – lined up to replace him.
NOW said the league had "a violence-against-women problem" and the commissioner stepping down is "the only way to restore honor and integrity to the country's most lucrative and popular pastime".
It's become an annual tradition every spring that, when NHL commissioner Gary Bettman steps on the ice to present the Stanley Cup-winning team with its prize hardware, those fans present in the arena let fly an immense chorus of boos.
The mayor's cycling commissioner said steps were being taken to improve safety.
They say they'll stay there until South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Shaun Wright steps down.
Yesterday, the deputy commissioner, Robert LiMandri, stepped back from those comments.
Steven Miller, a deputy commissioner, will step in until a new commissioner is sworn in.
"This is probably a very crucial time for a new commissioner to step in," Pettersen said Sunday.
