Via The Baltimore Sun:
“It was offensive, definitely offensive,” said former Ravens defensive coordinator and Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis. “It was like having Jim Crow laws.”
That was as ugly as some of the hiring practices of NFL owners, who still form one of the oldest good-old-boy networks in the country. A league that is composed of nearly 70% African American players has only three black head coaches and two general managers among its 32 teams.
A record number of eight minority head coaches were in the league in 2017. But now there are only three black head coaches and the Washington Redskins’ Ron Rivera is the only Latino head coach.
“We had come a long way as far as assistant coaches, but we never made any inroads in management,” Lewis said. “This will be a plus requiring more than one minority to be interviewed because it will cause them to take a deeper dive. This will allow more minorities more opportunities.”
For sure something needs to change. How that happens will always be the topic of discussion until it actually changes.
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