Chris Grier

NFL Executives on Diversity: ‘We’ve Got to Do Better’

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentDecember 17, 2020

“When you look at mobility of Black men and Black women in professional sports, it’s poor,” said Troy Vincent, the league’s executive vice president of football operations. The only person in a higher post in the NFL is Commissioner Roger Goodell.

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NFL Putting Stronger Rooney Rule Front and Center

Barry Wilner, AP Pro Football WriterFebruary 21, 2020

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made that a point of emphasis in his state of the league speech during Super Bowl week. So count on Goodell finding ways to more strongly implement the policy that requires teams to interview minority candidates for coaching and executive positions.