cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/62356371
State Attorney General James Uthmeier warned NFL officials Wednesday that the Rooney Rule and other similar hiring policies are “illegal” under Florida’s civil rights laws. In a letter to Commissioner Roger Goodell, Uthmeier pressed the NFL to confirm by May 1 it would no longer enforce its policies requiring teams to interview minority candidates, including women, or else the state could take “civil rights enforcement action.”
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Equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome.Florida is correct. NFL players are not diverse. There are many Blacks and few Asians.