The Fritz Pollard alliance is calling on the NFL to investigate whether the Oakland Raiders violated the "Rooney Rule" when they hired Jon Gruden as coach. Essentially, they claim that the Raiders had a deal with Gruden prior to interviewing Tee Martin and Bobby Johnson.
That's the opening line from the article. You can find it on ESPN...if you care to go there.
I've been thinking...that in today's world, someone is going to change the "Rooney Rule" to be more inclusive with "our times".
In addition to including minorities (generally meant to be African-Americans) in the search for a new coach...I suspect they will soon add that the process must also include; women, gays, lesbians, trans-gender, and "other" identifying genders yet to be named or discovered.
The old "slippery slope".
That's the opening line from the article. You can find it on ESPN...if you care to go there.
I've been thinking...that in today's world, someone is going to change the "Rooney Rule" to be more inclusive with "our times".
In addition to including minorities (generally meant to be African-Americans) in the search for a new coach...I suspect they will soon add that the process must also include; women, gays, lesbians, trans-gender, and "other" identifying genders yet to be named or discovered.
The old "slippery slope".
