Report card gives NFL B+ for racial diversity

AP via ESPN ^

[philsfan24]

or asians? or native americans?

[Beckwith]

Last time I checked, there wasn't a single Indian (that is, from the Subcontinent) in Football.

And no Inuits either.

That's not fair -- pure racism.

[freedumb2003]

Don't be too surprised to eventually see an NFL rule mandating that at least one woman be interviewed for each vacant head coaching position.

Well, after all these years of women sportscasters on the sidelines, my conclusion is that the experiment was a failure.

Guys talk to guys differently than they do to women. Visser and the rest just get standard sports platitudes. You could just hand them a list of sports cliches and just tell the athletes and coaches "pick 2 at random."

[D-Chivas]

Doesn't the NFL get points off for having a 99% obesity rate?

[Mr. Mojo]

...after all these years of women sportscasters on the sidelines, my conclusion is that the experiment was a failure.

An utter failure; but an ongoing/expanding failure, not one the NFL has learned from.

[razorback-bert]

What the NFL needs is a African-American Lesbian linebacker.

[freedumb2003]

An utter failure; but an ongoing/expanding failure, not one the NFL has learned from.

In all that time, the only good moment we got was Broadway Joe sloshing all over the camera ;)

[lepton]

The NFL's rule that at least one minority candidate be interviewed for each head coaching vacancy is the reason there are now a record seven black head coaches, six more than 16 years ago

Or...it could be that it's 16 years later, and we have more blacks who have developed their careers so that they might be suitable head coaches. I suspect that one or two along the way might be because of the NFL policy, and the rest and current from my suggested alternative.

[freedumb2003]

What the NFL needs is a African-American Lesbian linebacker.

Plenty to be found at any Code Pinko rally.

[RJL]

Report card gives NFL B+ for racial diversity

…there are now a record seven black head coaches

Blacks make up approximately 12% of the population. Seven black head coaches would be 12% of 58 teams. I must of missed the NFL expansion, I didn’t know there were that many NFL teams.

/S

More seriously, there are 32 NFL teams, so 7 black head coaches would be 21.875% for a group that is 12% of the population, and that only rates a B+?

Do you suppose that 100% black head coaches would rate a plain A grade?

[Mr. Mojo]

Ah yes, the Suzy Kolber moment.

Epic.

[Xenalyte]

"It's been really fast-tracked in a big-time way," study author Richard Lapchick said. "I've always felt the commissioner [Paul Tagliabue] had high on his priority list to improve the record for diversity, but until then he just didn't have the leverage."

I truly believe that if the unfortunately named Dick Lapchick would just exert a little more effort, he could maybe - just maybe - work a few more buzzwords in there.

"Paradigm" has a place, as do "utilize" and "core competency."

[Xenalyte]

Kahn wanna know what about Laotians? Huh?

[DoughtyOne]

The US populace is about 10% black. Are there 70 football teams?

I think there's a scandle here...

[TheBattman]

I realize that your post was meant as sarcasm... but you have a very valid point. At what point do these liberal idiots consider the NFL (or any other organization) to be "diverse"? When it is 100% black? Or maybe they think it needs more Hispanics.

When looking at the racial "diversity", wouldn't it make sense to compare the make-up of an organization to society as a whole? If so, then the NFL (and NBA) are HEAVILY biased AGAINST certain races who make up a larger portion of society than the organizations. Back when the numbers were more reflective of the real-world, the minority-promoting groups cried that it just wasn't fair... more minorities should be allowed in.

I just don't get it.