The NFL enhanced its Rooney Rule. But will league enforce it, particularly in case of the Washington Football Team?

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Article

Publication Date

November 2020

Abstract

In late May, the NFL strengthened and expanded the Rooney Rule, its requirement that any club looking for a head coach or general manager must interview at least one person of color. The league did so on the heels of a precipitous drop in the number of people of color holding those positions and vigorous public debate as to whether the league gave a hoot about the stark disproportionality between its player population (overwhelmingly of color), and its head coach and front-office ranks (overwhelmingly white).

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Yahoo Sports

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