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

[masterbouncer]

"Now in perhaps its most aggressive and controversial attempt to address the issue, the league will present a pair of resolutions this coming Tuesday during the owners' virtual meeting that it hopes will level the playing field.

The first would remove the longstanding anti-tampering barrier that permits clubs to block assistant coaches from interviewing for coordinator positions with other clubs, even though having coordinator experience is typically the final and most significant step in becoming a head coach. The other would incentivize the hiring of minorities as head coaches or primary football executives by rewarding teams with improved draft slots, multiple sources told NFL.com.

• If a team hires a minority head coach, that team, in the draft preceding the coach's second season, would move up six spots from where it is slotted to pick in the third round. A team would jump 10 spots under the same scenario for hiring a person of color as its primary football executive, a position more commonly known as general manager.
• If a team were to fill both positions with diverse candidates in the same year, that club could jump 16 spots -- six for the coach, 10 for the GM -- and potentially move from the top of the third round to the middle of the second round. Another incentive: a team's fourth-round pick would climb five spots in the draft preceding the coach's or GM's third year if he is still with the team. That is considered significant because Steve Wilks and Vance Joseph, two of the four African-American head coaches hired since 2017, were fired after one and two seasons, respectively."

 

[Joey007]

What the hell is this?

This is an absolutely terrible idea.

 

[TB_Helmet]

Nice, I was thinking things were a little too quiet on this board for the past couple weeks.

 

[Joey007]

Nice, I was thinking things were a little too quiet on this board for the past couple weeks.

I don’t know.. I think no matter what side you stand on this subject, that you’d find this idea being ridiculous as being a solution.

 

[NormZauchin]

I'm waiting for someone to propose improving a team's draft position if they start a white player at defensive back.

 

[Joey007]

I'm waiting for someone to propose improving a team's draft position if they start a white player at defensive back.

Jason Sehorn is gonna get you for this.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

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.

 

[Wordsmyth]

This isn't racist at all...

 

[Brick27]

Fighting supposed racism with actual racism. Great idea.

 

[TB_Helmet]

I don’t know.. I think no matter what side you stand on this subject, that you’d find this idea being ridiculous as being a solution.

I agree it’s a terrible idea and but I suspect that some people in here are going to take their complaints about it a little too far, and also use it as an excuse to complain about unrelated issues.

 

[Zuma]

I prefer the original proposal...the best person qualified for the job is hired.

 

[Deus Irae]

What the hell is this?

This is an absolutely terrible idea.

"We need to institutionalize the 'racism via racist policies' we claim to abhor!"


- NFL

 

[NormZauchin]

Jason Sehorn is gonna get you for this.

As long as they don't retroactively move the Gnats up in the draft.

 

[Joey007]

As long as they don't retroactively move the Gnats up in the draft.

Hey Edelman played CB for us for a while. Where‘s our draft pick move?

 

[TB_Helmet]

Also you know Belichick would find a loophole in this.

“I resign as the GM of the NEP.

Mayo you’re the new GM.

You don’t have any new duties, but you’re still the new GM”

 

[masterbouncer]

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.

Preventing teams from blocking assistants from interviewing is also something I would see as more likely, however it should be only allowed after a team is out of the POs or in case it's in the SB, after the SB.

 

[tasmlab]

Percent of African Americans in USA: 12.6%
Percent of NFL head coaches that are Africa American: 12.5%

(Actual numbers)

 

[Wordsmyth]

I agree it’s a terrible idea and but I suspect that some people in here are going to take their complaints about it a little too far, and also use it as an excuse to complain about unrelated issues.

I suspect that some on here will launch a Scud missile of a preemptive straw man...

 

[hornetfb85]

I’m just thinking out loud here, so ignore if you want, but I truly doubt a team is going to hire a HC to move up 6 spots or a GM to move up 10 spots in the 3rd round. The only instance I see this coming into play is if there are to even or nearly even candidates for the same job, then maybe it will come into play. A team is going to hire the guy they feel is best for their team (Or at least they should), PERIOD, not to move up in the 3rd round.

 

[Galeb]

I'll never watch another game if that happens. What a stupid ****ing idea.


DIsclaimer. I rarely watch football these days anyway.