The National Football League canceled an upcoming diversity-related event but still reaffirmed its commitment to progressive ideology.
Since 2022, the NFL’s accelerator program has been connecting team executives and owners with coaching talent from select ethnicities to fulfill its goal of interviewing non-white male candidates for coaching and front-office vacancies.
‘The NFL strives to be a unifying force, and we are confident the next evolution of our efforts will take us one step closer to that goal.’
The last accelerator event took place in December 2024 when the NFL held its annual Women’s Forum.
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The diversity-centric hiring events are meant to supplement the NFL’s Rooney Rule, a practice the league began in 2003. The rule requires teams to conduct in-person interviews with at least two external and “diverse” candidates
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