in an interview that aired during the Super Bowl, saying having diverse leaders in the league is a requirement of"generic decency."with NBC News anchor Lester Holt,"they haven't lived up to what they committed to and lived up to being open about hiring more minorities to run teams."
"The whole idea that a league that is made up of so many athletes of color, as well as so diverse, that there’s not enough African American qualified coaches 'to manage these NFL teams,' it just seems to me that it’s a standard that they'd want to live up to," he said."It’s not a requirement of law, but it’s a requirement, I think, of just some generic decency.”
Diversity in the NFL's coaching roles has long been criticized, particularly in a league made up of mostly minority players. Last year, about 71 percent of NFL players were people of color and only a quarter were white, according to the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida. The races of the other 4 percent were unknown.
Only three people of color have head coaching jobs in the league, in which white men hold the majority of the roles.
mitchellreports LesterHoltNBC What in the hell is 'generic decency' & how exactly does it quantifiably contribute to winning championships. Competitive, professional sports is no place for affirmative action; & Biden would do better to focus on Ukraine & not the NFL.
LesterHoltNBC Isn’t it racist to judge people by the color of their skin?
LesterHoltNBC Races are only superior based on numeric and/or military dominance in a population or area at any given time. What’s interesting about the owners of color is whaaaa? The truly superior races based on worldwide population own those teams. Asians comprise whaaaa?
LesterHoltNBC Why the hell are we not over this s***?....we all bleed red.! BOOM
LesterHoltNBC Less pandering more Football, yawn
LesterHoltNBC Maybe that goes for presidents too
LesterHoltNBC Idiot
LesterHoltNBC We should have a lot younger politicians
LesterHoltNBC 44 But I tell you to love your enemies and pray for anyone who mistreats you. 45 Then you will be acting like your Father in heaven. He makes the sun rise on both good and bad people. And He sends rain for the ones who do right and for the ones who do wrong. Matthew 5
LesterHoltNBC Let's see more white players.
LesterHoltNBC Stunning, but predictable ignorance.
LesterHoltNBC Pander pander pander, symbolism symbolism symbolism but never ANY policies. That is how liberals and known racist such as Biden keep the Black community at the bottom.
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LesterHoltNBC Well tell more black people to go to school and QUALIFY to be a head coach. No one is gonna hire you based off race. They're gonna do it based off skill, knowledge, qualities. Stop making everything about race. It's not the NFL fault there's a lack of educated quality coaches
LesterHoltNBC Good fucking grief.
LesterHoltNBC Wtf ...... companies/organizations hire people on their merits not because of their race!!! Stop creating this divide!!!
LesterHoltNBC If a black coach is good enough, and qualified, and beats out other candidates, he should get the job. But just because he's black is not a good reason.
LesterHoltNBC Why are racists opposed to what Biden is saying here?
LesterHoltNBC He never said anything was required nor did he call them out. He went out if his way to be gentle about jt
LesterHoltNBC Our country is arguably in trouble and that goofy old man wants to dip his toe into a game?
LesterHoltNBC Of course, he does. Meanwhile on the Ukraine border - tick, tick, tick… inflation gasprices crime southernbordercrisis disapprovalratings mamala Incompetence
LesterHoltNBC To be fair, football is a stupid, violent sport.
LesterHoltNBC Why not more white players ?
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