When NFL owners convened for the annual league meetings in March 2003 at the plush Arizona Biltmore resort in Phoenix, they implemented league legislation that has become known as the "Rooney Rule." It initially required teams hiring a head coach to interview a minority candidate, and was expanded in 2007 to include general manager searches. Ten years later, the NFL owners met at the same resort for another round of the annual meetings. The Rooney Rule was again discussed but the conversation this past March was about refinement, because even though the rule was followed, the results were unsatisfactory for the league during this past hiring cycle. Not a single minority candidate was hired for one of the eight head coaching and seven general manager vacancies. "We were disappointed in the results this year," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said. "We think that some of the changes we are making [will] make sure we get the right candidates better training, and we really are doing a better job of getting them in front of the people who are making the decisions. That is going to be the best way to pay dividends." Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
That statement alone shows how much Goodell is a dumb butt. If they were the right candidates they wouldn't need any training. If your not capable of telling a GM or Owner a game plan on how you would run a team, you have no business running one. And will this training be open for all candidates just not minorities?
