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Roger Goodell calls NFL’s hiring results ‘unacceptable’ for diversity
Wash Compost ^ | 2/6/22

Posted on 02/06/2022 2:31:12 AM PST by Altura Ct.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told the league’s 32 teams Saturday that the results of the current hiring cycle for head coaches have been “unacceptable” with regard to diversity, saying the league will retain outside experts to help “reevaluate and examine all policies” guiding minority hiring.

Goodell made his comments in a memo sent to the teams and all NFL employees four days after former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores sued the league and teams Tuesday, accusing them of racial discrimination. The NFL has only one active Black head coach. No Black head coaches have been hired so far this offseason as teams have worked to fill nine head coaching vacancies leaguewide.

In his memo, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post, Goodell also said that the tanking and tampering allegations made against the Dolphins by Flores in his lawsuit “will be reviewed thoroughly and independently.” The memo marked Goodell’s first comments on the accusations made by Flores.

Brewer: Brian Flores is done pretending, and the NFL is losing control “Racism and any form of discrimination is contrary to the NFL’s values,” Goodell wrote. “We have made significant efforts to promote diversity and adopted numerous policies and programs which have produced positive change in many areas, however we must acknowledge that particularly with respect to head coaches the results have been unacceptable. We will reevaluate and examine all policies, guidelines and initiatives relating to diversity, equity and inclusion, including as they relate to gender.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bidensfault; blacksupremacy; football; goodell; negrofootballleague; nfl; obamasfault
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To: Altura Ct.

that last “diversity” head coaching hires, Vance Joseph for the Broncos and Steve Wilks for the Arizona Cardinals were unmitigated disasters ... their affirmative action performance has done nothing but hurt the chances for future hires ... i suppose the only good thing you can say about them is that the Denver Broncos and Arizona Cardinals have taken their turn in the affirmative action barrel and should therefore be inoculated from having to take another dip in that barrel for a while ... it’s now time for some other team to step up to the affirmative action loser roster and take one on the chin for Roger Goodell ...


21 posted on 02/06/2022 4:29:55 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science ...)
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To: Altura Ct.
somebody peed on the charcoal at the NFL big barbecue this year
22 posted on 02/06/2022 4:53:22 AM PST by Jolla
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To: TiGuy22

So NFL teams, for whom it’s all about winning, are ignoring some of the potentially best coaches due to skin color.


If they make all head coaches black, some teams will still have winning records. Problem solved.


23 posted on 02/06/2022 4:53:34 AM PST by rbg81
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To: Altura Ct.

In sports winning is the key to advancement.

If a coach tends to win, up he goes.

If a coach tends to lose, out he goes.


24 posted on 02/06/2022 5:00:52 AM PST by Brian Griffin ( )
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To: Altura Ct.

Black former players might want to move to Texas and offer to coach high school football teams for low salaries.

The key is to get in the coaching business and then work one’s way up.


25 posted on 02/06/2022 5:06:32 AM PST by Brian Griffin ( )
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To: Altura Ct.

My suggestion for the NFL is round white balls and eye-catching female soccer players.


26 posted on 02/06/2022 5:09:41 AM PST by Brian Griffin ( )
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To: sten

“ they’re pushing diversity?
why only coaches? what about PLAYERS?”
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They’re also pushing black ownership. Currently, with a few exceptions, the teams are owned by individuals and/or individual families. And, NFL teams range in value about $3B ~ $6B. There are a few blacks that are wealthy enough to buy a team or put together a limited partnership with one of them as the majority partner but not many. And, to my knowledge none have tried.


27 posted on 02/06/2022 5:12:06 AM PST by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp, )
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To: Altura Ct.

The poor man is confused about his job description. Anybody care to help him out?


28 posted on 02/06/2022 5:12:10 AM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: Altura Ct.

The poor man is confused about his job description. Anybody care to help him out?


29 posted on 02/06/2022 5:12:15 AM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: greatvikingone

Because Asians work for what they want.
They don’t whine like blacks and women.


30 posted on 02/06/2022 5:15:10 AM PST by EEGator
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To: OrangeHoof

You should get yourself a couple billion dollars, buy a team, and hire all blacks.
Problem solved…


31 posted on 02/06/2022 5:16:40 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Altura Ct.

I have a totally woke solution to this problem.

In today’s world men can become women and compete in women’s sports. I see no reason that a white male coach can’t declare himself to be a black woman. A real twofer.

This has worked for Talcum X for several years, except he hasn’t done the Bruce Jenner move. Yet.

Some of you may think that my suggestion is ludicrous. I think it is Woke. These are the same thing.


32 posted on 02/06/2022 5:17:37 AM PST by AlbertWang
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To: jughandle
Careful, the racial makeup of the players does not reflect that of the general population. Wouldn’t want to have to deal with that issue.

The elephant in the room.

33 posted on 02/06/2022 5:19:10 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: bosco24

That’s the chick that voted for Obama, right?


34 posted on 02/06/2022 5:19:38 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Brian Griffin

Volleyball chicks are way hotter, better shorts too…


35 posted on 02/06/2022 5:21:05 AM PST by EEGator
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To: greatvikingone
Why don’t they talk about how many Asian head coaches they don’t have?

Yes! The fact that the NFL lacks even a single trans-bi-Asian/Pacific Islander coach is a scandal of epic proportions.

The NFL management chose to go "woke" - now it's time for the "woke" blades to come out, and some of those management heads to roll (figuratively speaking, of course ;>)...

36 posted on 02/06/2022 5:47:31 AM PST by Who is John Galt? ("Shoeless Joe" played for the White Sox; "Clueless Joe" lives in the White House...)
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To: Altura Ct.

That is the only logical conclusion.

Take a look at this. Typical of a tech company. Scroll to the bottom and look at the pie charts. They’re openly declaring their goal over the next couple of years is to reduce “white men” (against “women and non-white men”). You can only do that by firing and/or only hiring non-white men. It’s illegal.

https://www.windriver.com/company/careers/diversity

NFL: They don’t seem to realize that they’re creating their own problem. If a black coach is fired then it *must* be due to racism, forget that he was hired in the first place. Requiring teams to interview black coaches sets them up for litigation when they don’t get hired - the claim being a “sham interview”, plus, even if hired, leads to the “hired *because* of being black”...which doesn’t inspire confidence, negates the value of legitimate black head coaches, and also opens up the potential for litigation from white coaches that didn’t get hired as they went with a black coach due to the pressure to hire them.

You don’t solve injustice with more injustice...but the woke mob is in control so reason and sanity won’t prevail.


37 posted on 02/06/2022 5:49:43 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Altura Ct.

How many black head coaches haven’t cut the mustard and were fired ? Just askin.


38 posted on 02/06/2022 5:52:32 AM PST by wardamneagle
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To: Altura Ct.

Definitely too many blacks in the NFL. Way overrepresented. Not nearly enough Asians and Jews tho’.


39 posted on 02/06/2022 5:54:36 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Altura Ct.

How about the mayors, police chief and D.A.’s of almost every major city? How about some diversity hiring there?


40 posted on 02/06/2022 6:13:05 AM PST by Old Yeller (A nation of sheep, produces a government of wolves.)
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