I don't understand why so many people think Goodell and the 32 team owners are separate entities. If the NFL wasn't happy with him, he would have been gone a long time ago.
NFL: Staggering numbers show NFL's minority coaching failure - Rooney Rule Update: BIENIEMY still not hired
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I wonder if Jay Z is going to tell us we need to move on from this too.
Tiki Barber Condemns Warning from Stephen A. Smith: 'Threatening Another Black Man is Not What This Country Should Be About'
After Stephen A. Smith closed Monday’s First Take on ESPN by issuing a threat to Tiki Barber, the former NFL star responded on his New York radio show.
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Brandon Tierney Played Peacemaker For Tiki Barber & Stephen A Smith
Brandon Tierney said he was confident that the issue could be resolved quickly.
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Tiki Barber Condemns Warning from Stephen A. Smith: ‘Threatening Another Black Man is Not What This Country Should Be About’
By Brandon ContesFeb 8th, 2022, 12:00 pm
After Stephen A. Smith closed Monday’s First Take on ESPN by issuing a warning to Tiki Barber, the former NFL star responded on his New York radio show.
“It is not worth my emotional energy to get bent out of shape about something that I have no control over. I have much respect for Stephen A. Smith,” Barber said Tuesday morning on his WFAN midday show co-hosted by Brandon Tierney.
“If he felt affronted by a conversation that I was having, that wasn’t really about him,” Barber continued. “It was about how we have used an hijacked racism to make excuses for failing diversity initiatives – then I apologize to Stephen A. Smith.”
Barber didn’t get “bent out of shape,” but the former NFL star would go on to condemn what he believed was a threat from Smith.
“He is the prominent Black journalist on a major network, and threatening another Black man is not what this country should be about. Period,” Barber said.
Smith’s gripe with Barber stemmed from the retired running back’s defense of the New York Giants organization from allegations of racism.
“I can’t sit here, with conviction, like Stephen A. — who doesn’t know anybody in the Giants’ organization — and claim that they’re a racist organization,” Barber said last week on WFAN.
Smith fired back Monday morning, blasting Barber’s apparent attack on his journalistic credibility. During his response, Smith raised eyebrows by declaring that he knows “a lot of stuff” about Barber and strongly suggested the former Giants running back, “Chill out. Watch yourself. And know who you’re talking about.”
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WTF?!?!?
I get it more black coaches and owners, on the flip side we(blacks) make up maybe 90 percent of the league. Imagine having black owners and coaches but have 90 percent white players. Shit would be trash to watch! As long as our people keep making the league before cac I’m good!
I can’t name one white running back or corner back.
I can’t name one white running back or corner back.
Cardinals extend head coach Kliff Kingsbury, GM Steve Keim through 2027
Kingsbury and Keim are staying together for five more years.
Kliff Kingsbury: I would do any job before going back to be a college coach
The Cardinals announced this week that head coach Kliff Kingsbury — along with G.M.
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Kliff Kingsbury, GM Steve Keim sign contract extensions with Cardinals - Sports Illustrated
Two key extensions down, one to go.
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Carroll called out owners on hirings, source says
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, owners "weren't happy" when they learned of Pete Carroll's pointed comments about the league and its hiring of minority candidates.
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How the NFL’s Rooney Rule works and why it’s at the center of controversy
Does the Rooney Rule work? Here's what we know from the NFL's recent controversy.
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Two more coaches join Flores' suit against NFL
Steve Wilks and Ray Horton have joined Brian Flores' lawsuit against the NFL for racial discrimination in its hiring practices, and the Cardinals, Titans and Texans were added to the suit as well.
NFL expands Rooney Rule to cover quarterbacks coach position
A number of current NFL head coaches spent time as quarterbacks coaches in the NFL.
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NFL expands Rooney Rule to require interviewing a minority for QB coach vacancies
The NFL has expanded the Rooney Rule and will now require all teams with a vacancy for the quarterbacks coach to interview at least one minority for the job.
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NFL adds requirements to Rooney Rule to aid minority hiring
To ensure more opportunities for diverse candidates, the NFL has added requirements on the hiring of offensive assistant coaches, and women in general.
NFL expands Rooney Rule to require interviewing a minority for QB coach vacancies
Posted by Michael David Smith on May 24, 2022, 2:47 PM EDT
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The NFL has expanded the Rooney Rule and will now require all teams with a vacancy for the quarterbacks coach to interview at least one minority for the job.
The league announced the change to the rule today, as part of its diversity seminar ahead of this week’s league meeting. Amid criticism that there aren’t enough Black head coaches, the league has been trying to ensure more opportunities for minorities to work their way through the ranks in key coaching positions.
The NFL initially adopted the Rooney Rule in 2003, requiring NFL teams to interview a minority candidate before hiring a head coach. The rule was expanded in 2009 to require NFL teams to interview a minority candidate before hiring a new general manager as well. In 2020 the rule expanded to coordinators, and in 2021 the rule expanded once again to require two minorities to be interviewed for head-coaching vacancies.
Now the league is expanding the Rooney Rule again, at a time when the rule itself is being criticized. Some in the coaching community, most prominently Brian Flores, say all the rule does is lead to teams conducting sham interviews. The league needs not only to ensure the interviews are conducted, but to ensure that the interviews are genuine.
Posted by Michael David Smith on May 24, 2022, 2:47 PM EDT
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The NFL has expanded the Rooney Rule and will now require all teams with a vacancy for the quarterbacks coach to interview at least one minority for the job.
The league announced the change to the rule today, as part of its diversity seminar ahead of this week’s league meeting. Amid criticism that there aren’t enough Black head coaches, the league has been trying to ensure more opportunities for minorities to work their way through the ranks in key coaching positions.
The NFL initially adopted the Rooney Rule in 2003, requiring NFL teams to interview a minority candidate before hiring a head coach. The rule was expanded in 2009 to require NFL teams to interview a minority candidate before hiring a new general manager as well. In 2020 the rule expanded to coordinators, and in 2021 the rule expanded once again to require two minorities to be interviewed for head-coaching vacancies.
Now the league is expanding the Rooney Rule again, at a time when the rule itself is being criticized. Some in the coaching community, most prominently Brian Flores, say all the rule does is lead to teams conducting sham interviews. The league needs not only to ensure the interviews are conducted, but to ensure that the interviews are genuine.
Yeah but we need to be owning shit too. Especially when we’re so essential to its success. Black people don’t come together on things, and they should.
Cardinals extend head coach Kliff Kingsbury, GM Steve Keim through 2027
Kingsbury and Keim are staying together for five more years.sports.yahoo.com
Kliff Kingsbury: I would do any job before going back to be a college coach
The Cardinals announced this week that head coach Kliff Kingsbury — along with G.M.
Kliff Kingsbury, GM Steve Keim sign contract extensions with Cardinals - Sports Illustrated
Two key extensions down, one to go.
