Roger Goodell to resign. NFL to rename Rooney Rule, Tony Dungy Rule
MIAMI -- Roger Goodell took the podium inside the Downtown Hilton Wednesday and touted a number of positive marks (a record 187.3 million fans, for example) the league reached in 2019.
Then he got down to a more serious matter: front-office diversity, or lack thereof, currently in his NFL.
The league just recently completed its latest hiring cycle and didn't produce a single African-American head coach, even with qualified minority candidates like Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy and 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh involved in the process. Minorities holding important front office roles are even less prevalent. The Browns hired Andrew Berry this week as their new general manager which brings the league to a total of two minority GMs in the NFL.
The league's mandate that each organization must interview at least one minority candidate for such openings -- known as the Rooney Rule -- appears to have grown ineffective and outdated. It's time for a change, Goodell said.
"Clearly, we are not where we want to be on this level," Goodell said. "We have a lot of work that's gone into not only the Rooney Rule but our policies overall. It's clear we need to change and do something different.
The National Academy of Sciences has noted that
"Mr. Goodell is likely the whitest man living since
Gomer Pyle died."
"Mr. Goodell is likely the whitest man living since
Gomer Pyle died."
"Therefore, I am going to resign and I going to
support Maxine Waters to replace me," stammered
The White MultiMillionaire.
The White MultiMillionaire.
"The NFL, where merely 70% of the players are
Negroes, must have a face that reflects reality
and the reality is that for too long The NFL has
been a white supremacist male privilegedTrust
Old Boys Billionaires Butt Buddy Bund but
under my watch that will change and I will no
longer be the Commish."
Maxi-PAD (Progressive, Addled, Demented). She
know where it at -that only black lives matter.
Negroes, must have a face that reflects reality
and the reality is that for too long The NFL has
been a white supremacist male privileged
under my watch that will change and I will no
longer be the Commish."
Maxi-PAD (Progressive, Addled, Demented). She
know where it at -that only black lives matter.
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