NFL creating a Rooney Rule for women

[YardRat]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000632320/article/roger-goodell-nfl-creating-a-rooney-rule-for-women

"We believe in diversity," Goodell said. "We believe we're better as an organization when we have good people at the table. We have great people at the table ... We're also seeing it on the field. Sarah (Thomas) was our first NFL female official on the field this year ... and she did a fantastic job, and we're very proud of her.

"We also have people breaking into coaching ranks ... Jen (Welter) is the first coach last year in the NFL. And she set a trend, we now have a second coach of the Buffalo Bills, a female coach (Kathryn Smith)."

Goodell announced Thursday the NFL will institute a "Rooney Rule" that would require teams to interview women for executive positions.

"You can see that progress is being made," he said. "And our commitment is we have something called the Rooney Rule, which requires us to make sure when we have an opening, that on the team or the league level, that we are going to interview a diverse slate of candidates. Well, we're going to make that commitment and we're going to formalize that we, as a league, are going to do that with women as well in all of our executive positions. Again, we're going to keep making progress here and make a difference."

[DraftBoy]

Re: NFL creating a Rooney Rule for women

Good.

And a pretty smart decision by Goodall to capitalize on this move.

[Mace]

Re: NFL creating a Rooney Rule for women

Hire someone really good and it doesn't matter anyway. Hire someone middlin' or not good, and well, we're used to that anyway too.

[OpIv37]

Re: NFL creating a Rooney Rule for women

Question: Are there a lot of women out there who are qualified to run a major North American sports teams who aren't getting interviewed for executive positions.

I get the Rooney Rule. Black people are overrepresented as players in the league compared to their percentage in the general population, but underrepresented in the coaching ranks. Given how many coaches are former players, it's clear that there is (was?) a problem.

Does the same situation exist with female executives who are qualified not getting interviews?

[feldspar]

Re: NFL creating a Rooney Rule for women

Question: Are there a lot of women out there who are qualified to run a major North American sports teams who aren't getting interviewed for executive positions.

I get the Rooney Rule. Black people are overrepresented as players in the league compared to their percentage in the general population, but underrepresented in the coaching ranks. Given how many coaches are former players, it's clear that there is (was?) a problem.

Does the same situation exist with female executives who are qualified not getting interviews?

I agree.

That's why we're both misogynists, right? Brace yourself for that backlash anyway, because this is what it's about.

Maybe the women will teach men how to box sometime soon as well. Or maybe it'll soon be OK for football players to break down crying on the sideline during the game.

[stuckincincy]

Re: NFL creating a Rooney Rule for women

Good.

And a pretty smart decision by Goodall to capitalize on this move.

He's ever the opportunist...

[WagonCircler]

Re: NFL creating a Rooney Rule for women

****ing insanity.

Where does it stop?

Do transgenders come next?

You interview qualified applicants. You hire the best qualified applicant. Period.

[sudzy]

Re: NFL creating a Rooney Rule for women

****ing insanity.

Where does it stop?

Do transgenders come next?

You interview qualified applicants. You hire the best qualified applicant. Period.

Come on, Wagon. Have you lived in America for the last forty years? When has the most qualified ever mattered? You need to fill quotas. You have people that have +10 points on civil serve exams before they even start the test. How does help find the most qualified person? The most qualified person that fills a quota.

[DraftBoy]

Re: NFL creating a Rooney Rule for women

Question: Are there a lot of women out there who are qualified to run a major North American sports teams who aren't getting interviewed for executive positions.

I get the Rooney Rule. Black people are overrepresented as players in the league compared to their percentage in the general population, but underrepresented in the coaching ranks. Given how many coaches are former players, it's clear that there is (was?) a problem.

Does the same situation exist with female executives who are qualified not getting interviews?

Give me the negative to this rule.

[ghz in pittsburgh]

Re: NFL creating a Rooney Rule for women

Surprised the Pegulas didn't capitalize on this one and champion it. We'd have called it the Pegula rule

[kscdogbillsfan1221]

Re: NFL creating a Rooney Rule for women

****ing insanity.

Where does it stop?

Do transgenders come next?

You interview qualified applicants. You hire the best qualified applicant. Period.

Beat me to it. Next it's gays then transgenders.

[LVGrown]

Re: NFL creating a Rooney Rule for women

It is an interview guys, not the end of the world. It gives people who may not get the opportunity to showcase themselves. Nobody said they had to hire them.

[Mr. Pink]

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The Rooney rule is old and outdated now anyway.

You're good, you're qualified, you pay your dues, you get hired.

Hue Jackson isn't the coach of the Browns today because of the Rooney rule. Tony Dungy didn't get to become the Bucs and then Colts coach because of the Rooney rule. Mike Tomlin isn't in Pittsburgh because of the Rooney rule. Romeo Crennel didn't get to become a coach because of the Rooney rule. Etc.. All of these men paid their dues, moved up the ranks and showed their worth and were thusly rewarded.

30 years ago, it was a different story but the times have changed.

[OpIv37]

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Give me the negative to this rule.

Teams jumping through hoops to find a woman to interview. Women wasting their time interviewing for a job they aren't qualified for. Teams delaying a male hire until they can find a woman to interview and potentially missing out on that hire to another position.

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I agree.

That's why we're both misogynists, right? Brace yourself for that backlash anyway, because this is what it's about.

Maybe the women will teach men how to box sometime soon as well. Or maybe it'll soon be OK for football players to break down crying on the sideline during the game.

To be fair, I'd gladly take boxing lessons from Holly Holm.

[DraftBoy]

Re: NFL creating a Rooney Rule for women

Teams jumping through hoops to find a woman to interview. Women wasting their time interviewing for a job they aren't qualified for.

So you're assuming there are no qualified women to interview for NFL executive positions?

Teams delaying a male hire until they can find a woman to interview and potentially missing out on that hire to another position.

Has there been any evidence to suggest that the original Rooney Rule ever had this effect? Why would this suddenly be any different?