Pittsburgh event explores the NFL's diversity-promoting Rooney Rule

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A rule named for the late Pittsburgh Steelers president Dan Rooney is at the forefront of efforts to diversify coaching and front offices in the National Football League.

It’s also proved controversial, both among those who call it ineffective and those who say it’s unfair to white people, who still hold the vast majority of head coaching jobs in the league.

On Thu., April 17, Dan Rooney’s son Jim Rooney and sports laws expert N. Jeremi Duru will hold a public conversation on the Rooney Rule at Point Park’s Pittsburgh Playhouse, Downtown. The event, hosted by Andy Conte of the school’s Center for Media Innovation, is part of the Playhouse’s Backstage/Onstage series.

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90.5 WESA Pittsburgh NPR News Station

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