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Rooney Rule

Black Ex-Coaches: NFL Rooney Rule Is Broken

AP | BARRY WILNER | Posted 04.02.2013 | Black Voices
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NEW ORLEANS — Three black former NFL head coaches say the league needs to rethink its Rooney Rule for promoting minority hiring after 15 top vac...

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NFL Statement On Lack Of Minority Hirings

Posted 01.18.2013 | Sports
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By Brad Biggs, National Football Post Eight head-coaching vacancies and seven general manager jobs have been filled in the NFL since the end of the...

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Race and the Global Business of Sports: 2013

Kenneth L. Shropshire | Posted 03.02.2013 | Sports
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Kenneth L. Shropshire

It is that time of year again for lists and the first one to catch my attention, in a negative light, was the Sports Business Journal's list of The Most Influential People in Sports Business.

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Keep the Rooney Rule; End Fritz Pollard Alliance

Wm. David Cornwell, Sr. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
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Wm. David Cornwell, Sr.

The Rooney Rule is being applied today in a manner that conflicts with the objective established over 20 years ago.

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To Rooney or Not to Rooney

Myles Brand | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Myles Brand

In 30 years, a grand total of 27 African-Americans have been head coaches in the highest college football subdivision if you don't count historically black schools. The lack of progress in minority hiring is a disgrace.

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