New rules give minority coaches false hope, illusion of progress

[PA Season Ticket Holder]

To the equal-rights people who are peeved at the National Football League about the recent hiring of head coaches Bill Parcells, Steve Mariucci and Dennis Erickson, I give you Marvin Lewis and Rod Graves.

Since the NFL in mid-December instituted a minority-hiring policy, one that requires teams to at the very least consider (notice the gray area here) minority candidates, two have been hired into key positions — Lewis was named head coach of the Bengals, and Arizona's Graves joined Baltimore's recently promoted Ozzie Newsome as the league’s first two black general managers.

I give you progress, case in point.



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[Cntrygal]

The Black Coaches Association will work with the NFL to promote the hiring of minorities in professional football.

More than 100 coaches and front office personnel attended a meeting Friday during the NFL scouting combine.

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