NFL to propose to improve a team's draft position if it hires a person of color as HC or GM

[captain stone]

the idea is to get the teams a benefit if they lose any coaches, if a positional coach is lost to become a OC/DC the team will receive a compensatory 5th round pick, if the coach becomes a HC or GM than its supposed to be a compensatory 3rd round pick...

in general I like the approach to benefit the teams which lose a coach, as you said they do something to get them where they are and to be able to succeed, whereas its not really an effort to go get some coach/GM and receive a benefit just because of his origin or color

I am not racicst at all, it is just the wrong approach to get them into play if you ask me

Yeah if the league wants to compensate teams for losing assistants - no matter the color - then I can dig that; it would occur maybe a half-dozen to at most dozen times all year, so it's not like an entire extra round of the draft would have to be added or anything, unless I'm way off in my guestimate...

 

[Triumph]

@Wordsmyth see...?

SJW engineering at its finest.

Its Diversity BS and loading up Noahs Arc per skin color.

 

[MoreBellhorn]

Wait, is this a joke?

 

[Galeb]

At some point the league should come up with some scheme to compensate teams for staff as well. Maybe force a swap of draft picks around rounds 3-5.

But organizations are also putting a lot of effort into developing coaches and front office workers. If they leave before their contract ends there should be something coming back in return.

What if they just made is so no interviews of any coaches can happen during the playoffs?

 

[Ring 6]

FWIW, there are two other proposals that I think make more sense:

• Preventing teams from blocking assistants from interviewing for coordinator positions.
• Requiring Rooney rule interviews for coordinators as well as coach/GM positions, as well as requiring two such interviews.

The Rooney rule is a joke.

 

[Ring 6]

That said, about 70% of players are African-American.

So should teams get higher draft picks for hiring white players?

 

[Galeb]

The Rooney rule is a joke.

Maybe, but at least it's not having a direct effect on player personel or the game on the field. ****ing with draft position based on race is beyond ****ed up.

 

[Ring 6]

Maybe, but at least it's not having a direct effect on player personel or the game on the field. ****ing with draft position based on race is beyond ****ed up.

Right. Just saying the Rooney rule is for show and doesn’t help anyone, and creates minorities refusing interviews because they feel they are tokens to cover the requirement.

 

[Galeb]

Right. Just saying the Rooney rule is for show and doesn’t help anyone, and creates minorities refusing interviews because they feel they are tokens to cover the requirement.

There should definitely be a multi faceted approach to improving diversity, but it should never directly affect the rules governing fair competition on the field.

I'd like to see on facet be a grooming program. Whether it is implemented in high school, college, recruiting players that don't get drafted or have short careers or any combo of the 3 it could be a real "game changer". Probably way too expensive for such a cash starved organization. <----Last line is sarcasm

Lots of people scoff at the idea of increasing diversity, but I think there would be a lot less resistence if it was done in a genuine, thoughtful manner. Unfortunately, that's not how the NFL does things.

 

[anditsgood]

IF the 32 really wanted to make a statement, they fire the goon, and hire a minority commish

 

[Deus Irae]

FWIW, there are two other proposals that I think make more sense:

• Preventing teams from blocking assistants from interviewing for coordinator positions.
• Requiring Rooney rule interviews for coordinators as well as coach/GM positions, as well as requiring two such interviews.

The Rooney rule needs to be eliminated, not expanded.

 

[Deus Irae]

There should definitely be a multi faceted approach to improving diversity

No, there shouldn't be.

Lots of people scoff at the idea of increasing diversity

As they should

 

[Galeb]

No, there shouldn't be.




As they should

You underestimate the value of a wide range of viewpoints within a group.

 

[Vatahala]

IF the 32 really wanted to make a statement, they fire the goon, and hire a minority commish

at 1/3 the salary because really why did the owners ever need to pay Roger over $30 million a year .

 

[Galeb]

at 1/3 the salary because really why did the owners ever need to pay Roger over $30 million a year .

I can understand why players make a ton of money. Sure, they put their bodies on the line, but the biggest reason in practice is because there is a tiny portion of the population physically and mentally able to play at the highest level.

On the other hand, the lone commissioner doesn't put his body on the line and there is a vast pool of talented potential candidates to draw from. The position could be reasonably and competently filled at six figures... like most any corporate executive position. Good ol' boy network at work.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

I'm not sure how any proud African American wouldn't be offended by this. It would literally fuel the notion that people are not in their jobs because they are most qualified

 

[Tony2046]

The Rooney rule is a joke.

It is but it's an attempt to do something.

 

[TBR]

This level of asinine stupidity is why I'm probably done watching the NFL once Brady retires.

Just hockey and maybe playoff baseball.

 

[TBR]

That said, about 70% of players are African-American.

Players. Not coaches.

 

[TBR]

Are you sure this 70% is descendant from Africa? Could be Carribean? European? Spare me the BUT HAITIANS CAME FROM AFRICA ! if that's the case then way more than half of this county is "European American"

Are you trying to claim that if Mike Tyson was born in France, he should be European American?