The NFL is weighing an early restart to its media-rights talks as soon as 2026, Commissioner Roger Goodell told CNBC.

The league's existing package, signed in 2021, spans 11 years and is valued at $111 billion. It includes an NFL opt-out after the 2029-30 season for all partners except Disney, whose deal runs one year longer.

Any acceleration would require buy-in from its current partners -- Disney/ESPN, NBCUniversal, Paramount/CBS, Amazon, and Fox -- but could unlock billions in additional revenue.

Goodell said that the league built flexibility into the contracts to respond to a rapidly shifting marketplace.

"The reason why we felt so strongly about the option is the landscape is changing," Goodell said. "It could be a long-term deal with the benefit of having that stability and secur

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