Paul Tagliabue recently reinforced his policy mandating that all NFL teams consider, under penalty of fine, at least one minority candidate when interviewing for a head coaching vacancy. Professional athletics has long been used as a means of affecting cultural reform throughout society, most notably with regard to achieving gender and racial equality. Gone are the days of Jackie Robinson or Billie Jean King -- thankfully, of course, because those represented periods of unwarranted discrimination, but sad in a way, because they were also times when the fight for social equality was borne of bravery and sacrifice, as opposed to...