Finally, NFL creates a mandatory inclusive policy for women and monorities in coaching... NOW

The NFL is now requiring at least one woman and/or minority as an offensive coach for the 2022 season. This is a significant impact in professional sports, and the reality of the need to be more inclusive in leading sport.  In other words, this is an immediate requirement on each NFL team.  The NFL league office will dip into a fund to pay for the coaches.

Long overdue, the NFL has been the last of the major American sport leagues, the most "male-macho" league, to embrace inclusiveness among its leadership.  A new policy will force teams and the league to improve its pipeline of training and opening opportunities for leaders in the sport other than the historically dominant hiring decisoins of white males.  

It will be interesting to see how the NFL will make sure the pay and benefits are equitable, and to analyze the outcomes of this inclusive policy. There is far more to do, but this is a positive step for the NFL.

Here is part of the report from CNN:

The league also says its Rooney Rule, requiring every team to interview at least two external minority candidates for open head coaching positions, will expand to provide more opportunities for women to secure front office roles.

 

The moves come as the NFL owners hold their annual league meeting in Palm Beach, Florida. 

 

The league also formed a six-person diversity advisory committee to review its hiring policies and practices with a "focus on senior-level coach and front office personnel positions," the league announced Monday.

 

The committee and changes were instituted "to provide better outcomes in the hiring cycle."

... The offensive assistant coaches will be on one-year contracts and be paid from a league-wide fund. They will work closely with the head coach and the offensive staff to gain experience.

Read more here: https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/29/sport/nfl-minority-women-coaches-rooney-rule/index.html

-SRH-