Rooney Rule: WTF?

[88 Bronco]

Operation Thread Derail: Accomplished.

I just wish Salty was here. It just didn't feel right without him

[PanthaSan]

I just wish Salty was here. It just didn't feel right without him

You know the other night, Mama-San said the very same thing....

Should I be concerned?

[thunderraiden]

SOrry to be lame and post about the topic, but the OP has a point when you consider a case like Rivera that had 8 interviews before he came here and people here thought that was a red flag however that was only because he was forced by other teams just to comply with their rooney rule.

[Cat'sGrowl]

I just wish Salty was here. It just didn't feel right without him

Nah, he's gone to the dark side..

[88 Bronco]

You know the other night, Mama-San said the very same thing....

Should I be concerned?

He does like to help. I have never seen anyone toss salad like him.

[88 Bronco]

Nah, he's gone to the dark side..

That's just his ethnicity

[Cat'sGrowl]

That's just his ethnicity

No comment.

I've already gotten one infraction today.

[Brooklyn Bully]

I think the RR is more racist than not having it.

Uh, damn...we better waste a black man's day and "interview" him so the NFL doesn't get mad! Go call someone.

[Cyberjag]

I think the minority coaches in the NFL should be allowed to vote on it. I would wager that they would have it removed. It is not fair to minorities, it is easy to get around, and I seriously don't think we are in the kind of place where Rooney rules and affirmative action are necessary. Rules like this create racial divides. Some of these coaches are forced to turn down interviews because they know that they are not serious candidates. This hurts their chances in a few years when the job opens again.

The Rooney rule is not fair to minority coaches and needs to be removed. Furthermore, it is not necessary any longer (JR is a deep south country boy--his first two choices were minorities). Winning and losing are the only colors in the NFL--and green.

Minority coaches didn't cause the NFL to institute it. It was activists outside the league who threatened lawsuits because they felt that there weren't enough minority head coaches that prompted the league to take action. And those activists are still out there, hoping to cash in any way they can.

So the rule needs to stay.

[2jakefansinva]

Minority coaches didn't cause the NFL to institute it. It was activists outside the league who threatened lawsuits because they felt that there weren't enough minority head coaches that prompted the league to take action. And those activists are still out there, hoping to cash in any way they can.

So the rule needs to stay.

Bingo......it's just so Jesse and Al can't get the easy payday, or another beer distributorship.

[88 Bronco]

I think cornbread is the most under rated food ever!

[tondi]

Minority coaches didn't cause the NFL to institute it. It was activists outside the league who threatened lawsuits because they felt that there weren't enough minority head coaches that prompted the league to take action. And those activists are still out there, hoping to cash in any way they can.

So the rule needs to stay.

When those "activists" start to worry about why there isn't a single white starting DB in the league then I will consider them "activists". Until then, they are nothing more than a bunch of racists given cover by a complicit and gutless media and emboldened by the willingness of organizations like the NFL to cave into their ridiculous demands. It's pretty obvious to anyone with a brain they don't care about racial equity or they would be pizzed off about all the other racial inequities throughout professional sports.

[88 Bronco]

[transitCATS]

Why?