The NFL’s Rooney Rule Was Meant to Bring Diversity. It’s Not
The movement to interview (but not hire) nonwhite candidates has caught on in the business world too.
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The National Football League got props for its “Rooney rule” in 2003, when it began to require teams to interview at least one nonwhite candidate for each open head coaching position. The idea even caught on in the business world. But almost two decades later, the NFL’s crop of coaches is getting whiter.
The number of nonwhite coaches in the league has fallen to four, from eight as recently as the 2018 season.