Nearly 20 years after adopting the Rooney Rule, NFL's racial diversity effort is not what 'my father intended it to be'By Ray Sanchez, CNN In Brian Flores' discrimination lawsuit against the NFL, the fired Miami Dolphins coach spoke of the humiliation of being subjected to"a sham interview" appearing to give a Black candidate a legitimate chance at a head coaching job.
The son of the late Dan Rooney, the longtime Steelers chairman who championed a rule requiring teams to interview minority coaching and general manager candidates, said such humiliation moved his late father to seek change. The regulation, adopted in 2003, is known as the Rooney Rule.
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What is the Rooney Rule?Former NFL coach Brian Flores filed a lawsuit against the league and three teams, alleging racial discrimination against Black coaches, which the NFL denies. Flores specifically cites the league's Rooney Rule as being a 'well-intentioned failure.' There should be more black head coaches (only 1 now), but the Rooney rule is stupid. Poor Flores has been dragged into interviews from teams that already decided to hire other coaches. Waste of his time. Really, Flores deserved another year with Miami. They had a good 2nd half. The Rooney rule is a stupid racist rule anyway. And saying ownership needs to change is even dumber. Legacy owners aren't giving up a billion dollar team in the most profitable sport because you think they should hire a black guy lmao
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Bill Belichick texts at center of Brian Flores lawsuit against Giants, NFL over Rooney RuleIn a lawsuit against the NFL, Brian Flores claims Bill Belichick's texts show the Giants had already hired Brian Daboll before Flores interviewed. Brian Flores coached as an assistant under Belichick for 7 years but Bill couldn't remember his number?
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How the NFL's Rooney Rule failed minority coachesThe NFL's Rooney Rule requires teams to interview minority candidates for head coaching jobs. But just 3 active head coaches are people of color. And Flores is giving owners every reason to be risk-averse. Nobody cares what color the coach is. All they care about is winning. The coach can be white, black, asian, hispanic, eskimo, a fucking extra-terrestrial… …as long as they take the team to the playoffs every year. 4 would be in line with the census.
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Dallas to consider new rule allowing mental health leave for firefighters, paramedicsCouncil members plan to discuss the possibility of a new mental health leave policy during a Feb. 14 public safety committee meeting. The city currently... Honestly surprised this isn't already a thing. This needs to be the standard, not a 'consideration'. What about teachers
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Broncos, Giants, Dolphins Respond to Flores LawsuitBrian Flores is suing the NFL and three of its teams, saying racist hiring practices by the league have left it racially segregated and managed like a plantation. The NFL’s response: “We will defend against these claims, which are without merit.' Bruh? Without merit. Josh Mcdaniel just got a job after without an interview. At the very least you guys are oblivious to your bias...at worse your blatantly. Where you fall in the spectrum is irrelevant. Didn’t Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford have a conversation while he was still a member of the Detroit Lions? Would that not be the same thing as meeting with a FA? This suit is going nowhere
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