Posted on 05/15/2020 4:12:11 PM PDT by God luvs America
The NFL is considering improving draft picks for teams that hire minority candidates as head coaches or general managers, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Under the proposal, aimed at fixing diversity problems leaguewide, a team could improve its third-round draft selection by up to 16 picks -- going up 10 spots for hiring a minority candidate as general manager or an equivalent-level position and six spots for hiring a minority head coach.
NFL.com first reported on the proposal, which was submitted by the league's diversity committee and is expected to be addressed during Tuesday's virtual meeting with team owners, a league source confirmed. The proposal would need 24 of 32 votes in favor to pass.
Under this plan, a team could move up five spots in the fourth round if a minority head coach or general manager successfully entered the third year on the job, according to the report. Retaining a minority quarterbacks coach after one year would net a fourth-round compensatory pick, a nod to the importance of quarterback expertise to the head-coaching pipeline, according to the report.
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Nothing but
Flakes
League
This is so messed up.
Why don’t they just ask whites and asians to accept being second-class citizens and get it over with?
I thought I lived in a meritocracy. Or at least I used to.
How about this: if the player with the ball is black, they only have to cross the 10 yard line to score...if the player carrying the ball is white, they have to get in the end zone.
Just when you think the NFL can’t get any worse, this comes along.
Perhaps Colin can get a GM gig! Have the whole team take a knee before each play.
Just turn the whole thing over to blacks
Coaches, owners...everybody
And in 3 years, bury the remains
The NFL is like what, 80% black as it is and if anyone was watching the draft, how many whites were picked. Just saying.
No, no, you have it backwards. I believe whites are the minority in the NFL so shouldn’t it be the other way round?
Holy cow. Just call it negro leagues and be done with it. Is the irony not lost on these bafoons?
And to think many freepers still follow this vile crap?
I bet the majority of NFL draft picks are minorities to begin with. I guess no one notices THAT...
National F’n Traitors League. Ya, I know that it has a T in the acronym.
So, no need to tank a season. Just hire a minority GM and get a better draft pick.
What happens when, 5 minutes after the draft, the GM gets canned? Do they have to give back their draft picks?
They’re down to playing video games, aren’t they?
Feh!
….Because apparently minorities are incapable of achieving such positions on their own.
How about a bonus for picking white players in the draft?
Let them fix the “lack of diversity” on the actual squads to reflect current demographics more accurately.
I meant baffoon. Darned autocorrect.
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