NFL considers revisions to Rooney Rule
(AP) - Eight teams hired new coaches and seven more filled general manager positions with the New York Jets completing their search by hiring John Idzik. None of those jobs went to a minority...
NFL needs to tackle the lack of diversity in coach hiring
OPINION - If you want a head-coaching gig, your best bet is to be able to coach offense. So where does that leave African-American coaches?...
Progress in hiring diverse coaches in football
(AP) - In the past two years, 19 minority coaches have been hired at Football Bowl Subdivision or Football Championship Subdivision schools...
Can NFL's Rooney Rule work in corporate America?
WASHINGTON (AP) - In Johnson's version of the rule, companies would interview at least two African American candidates for positions of vice president and above and at least two black-owned or operated firms for vendor and supplier contracting.
BET founder pitches black unemployment fix
theGRIO REPORT - Robert Johnson has proposed a version of the NFL's 'Rooney Rule' to be implemented by Fortune 1000 companies to increase employment and business opportunities for African-Americans...
Is the 'Rooney Rule' still relevant in the NFL?
OPINION - The rule requires that NFL teams interview at least one minority coaching candidate before making a new hire. But is the league making a mockery of it?...
The NFL is trying to sack diversity
OPINION - It's becoming increasingly more difficult for African-Americans to get interviews for head coaching jobs, at least on any real level...
Dungy questions if the NFL is benching diversity
Recent minority interviews for NFL coaching jobs in Washington and Seattle under the Rooney Rule have raised questions whether the spirit of the rule has been violated...
