NFL to established "Rooney Rule" for women...

[posty 2,296]

http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/14714784/roger-goodell-says-nfl-establish-rooney-rule-women-executive-positions

 

SAN FRANCISCO -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday the league is going to institute a Rooney Rule for women when it comes to all NFL executive positions.

 

He announced the decision in opening remarks at NFL Women's Summit, where roughly 250 men and women associated with the league are gathered to listen to a slate of speakers on issues affecting women in sports.

 

"Last but not least, it's management, and when I say that, it's about diversity in our management. We believe in diversity," Goodell said. "We believe we're better as an organization when we have good people at the table. We have great people at the table. We're also seeing it on the field. ...

 

"You can see that progress is being made and our commitment is, we have something called the Rooney Rule, which requires us to make sure when we have an opening that on the team or the league level that we are going to interview a diverse slate of candidates," Goodell said. "Well, we're going to make that commitment and we're going to formalize that we, as a league, are going to do that for women as well in all of our executive positions. Again, we're going to keep making progress here and make a difference."

 

The NFL's Rooney Rule requires teams to interview one minority candidate for each open coaching position. The rule was instituted in 2003 in response to the small percentage of minority candidates being named to head-coaching positions. The rule aims to force decision-makers to become familiar with candidates they might not otherwise consider.

 

This past season, women broke barriers in the NFL when the league hired its first female official in Sarah Thomas. Last month the Bills hired Kathryn Smith as a special teams assistant coach, the first full-time female coach in the league. There are a number of women who serve as vice presidents at the league level, including those in marketing and public policy.

 

According to the NFL, 30 percent of the employees in the league's front office are women.

 

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who Goodell introduced at the end of his remarks, addressed the issues that keep the number of women and minorities down in corporate jobs.

 

"They keep looking in the same channels they keep finding the same people," Rice said.

 

Rice emphasized that executives can find people like themselves to groom for advancement, but they can also find people who aren't like themselves. She said if she'd waited to find a mentor who was a black women and a Soviet specialist, she'd still be waiting.

 

"Most of the mentors in my field were white men. They were mostly old white men," Rice said.

 

Rice is a football fan and serves on the College Football Playoff selection committee. She also has said she'd be interested in serving as NFL commissioner.

 

Tennis legends Billie Jean King and Serena Williams and actress and "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks also are scheduled to speak at the two-day event. Goodell also said the summit will likely become an annual event around the Super Bowl.

[giraldi02 470]

The NFL will be defunct in ten years at the latest.

[southcarolina 166]

Pooney Rule.

 

 

 

 

/got it twice.

[petekrum 20]

This is GD garbage, and if I was an owner who paid hundreds of millions for my team I'd be about fed up with being told who I had to interview. How long until we have a Rooney rule for white RBs and white cornerbacks to make sure they're getting their fair shake?

[weepaws 2,460]

Right now there are just to many problems going on in this world to be concern about this issue .

[giraldi02 470]

If the first question during the hiring process isn't " Can Size?", this rule is useless

[mobb_deep 917]

If they really want to make it "fair", and still guarantee the most qualified person is hired, just make a law that requires resumes do not list a persons name, or any other content that would point to a persons race or sex. Then do all interviews with one of those things that make your voice sound like a robot.

[murf74 461]

Let them hire and interview beat candidate

 

Call it the Lombardi rule

[Smileseers 54]

How about a Rooney Rule for the commisioner?

[RoadLizard 73]

This is GD garbage, and if I was an owner who paid hundreds of millions for my team I'd be about fed up with being told who I had to interview. How long until we have a Rooney rule for white RBs and white cornerbacks to make sure they're getting their fair shake?

 

100% agreed. Just because XXXX% of gender or even race makes up XXX% of a population does NOT mean that XXX% of a certain job category needs to be made up of those people. Its a horrible idea. And yes - this can be turned around with many other jobs/careers where white guys are terribly under-represented.

[Larry David 20]

Yeah, keep the women out of the NFL and in my bedroom where they belong!! And, I want more concussions and broken bones, not less!! And Barack "Hussein" O-Drama better not touch my guns!!! Am I right or what??!! (On a serious note, did anyone on here catch the most recent episode of Downtown Abbey? I found it haunting and sublime.)

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

This rule is related to NFL Executives and not team Executives (yet). This is quite different than the current Rooney Rule. Some folks might want to settle down.

[redsrback 30]

_{No worries the Democrats will have us all on the streets and everything will be free!!!!}

[nobody 2,043]

No justice until there is a Looney Rule for Asians.

[RoadLizard 73]

No justice until there is a Looney Rule for Asians.

 

Light?