The NFL's Rooney Rule is one of the most scrutinized professional-league mandates in American sports. The rule is meant to ensure more equitable hiring practices among the league's teams as it ...

In the class-action lawsuit, Flores specifically cites the league’s Rooney Rule as being a “well-intentioned failure.” The league adopted it in 2003 based on recommendations from its ...

The NFL has used the so-called “Rooney Rule” since 2003. It’s under renewed scrutiny because ex-Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores expressed skepticism about its effectiveness in the lawsuit ...

The son of the late Dan Rooney, the longtime Steelers chairman who championed a rule requiring teams to interview minority coaching and general manager candidates, said such humiliation moved his ...

to create the Rooney Rule 2.0. Instead, using Smith’s experience as executive director of the NFL Players’ Association for the last 14 years and his background as a lawyer, they wrote the 100 ...

It's called the Rooney Rule, after the late owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Dan Rooney. And it requires that with a few exceptions, teams interview candidates from historically underrepresented ...

The NFL installed the Rooney Rule in 2003 with the best of intentions behind it. Within the last few years, the league has tweaked it multiple times to strengthen the instrument known across ...

The Rooney Rule seeks to give minority candidates a better shot at getting and retaining jobs that they are deserving of and qualified for. To achieve this, the rule states that at least one ...

It has worked. Since the Rooney Rule was implemented in 2003, 17 teams have had either an African-American or Latino head coach or general manager. Three teams—the Chiefs, Colts and Raiders ...

Now I know some of you are wondering why this continues to happen, especially since the NFL has the Rooney Rule, which was put in place to promote diversity and give minority coaches a chance.

Without enforcement, the Rooney Rule failed to create equitable opportunities for Black coaches. Then it spread to corporate America and fell short there, too. Warning: This graphic requires ...