The NFL installed the Rooney Rule in 2003 with the best of intentions ... to include women as part of the "minority candidate" definition. It also required teams to interview two external minority ...

The NFL’s “Rooney Rule” was instituted in 2003 in an attempt to increase the racial diversity of coaches and certain managerial positions. The rule requires that teams interview women and ...

Mike Vrabel landed the job, but some people, including former NFL executive Rod Graves, aren’t convinced the team followed the spirit of the Rooney Rule. Did the Patriots check the diversity box ...

The NFL’s Rooney Rule, which was created by the NFL’s ... include interviews for women as part of the "minority candidate definition." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM ...

The Rooney Rule was meant to increase the number of minority interviews – and thus actual opportunity for those coaches – in the NFL. In many ways it has achieved just that. Yet, some teams ...

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said this week that the Rooney Rule and other DEI efforts "make the NFL better" but two men who helped write the rule say a paucity of Black offensive coordinators ...

Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share The NFL’s Rooney Rule is a worthy idea clumsily executed. Established in 2003 and tweaked in 2021, it requires teams to interview at least two minority candidates ...

In 2003, the NFL adopted a rule that each team must interview at least one minority candidate prior to selecting a new head coach. The rule was named for late Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney ...

To foster diversity and align coaching and management with the player base, the NFL must move beyond the Rooney Rule’s top-down approach and adopt a grassroots diversity strategy. By prioritizing ...