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The Fritz Pollard Alliance’s new frontier
Black quarterbacks are here. The organization and NFL must now protect and refine the Rooney Rule.
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Rod Graves continues work in improving inclusive hiring in the NFL
Fritz Pollard Alliance executive director: ‘The most challenging part of the job is recognizing that change is not occurring fast enough for many in the field’
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Can Loretta Lynch prioritize civil rights and still defend the NFL in the Brian Flores lawsuit?
The former U.S. attorney general is risking her reputation as a voice for equal rights and civil rights
NFL owners need a jolt to make fairer decisions in hiring Black coaches and executives
There’s lots of lip service about change, but there is little evidence of real progress
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We’ll get more Black NFL head coaches when players hold owners accountable
NBA players showed what collective action can do
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Proposed plan to boost NFL hiring of minority coaches and general managers needs work
It incentivizes the wrong things and doesn’t recognize best path to hire people
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NFL draft displays lack of diversity among top decision-makers: ‘It’s a painful look’
Rod Graves of the Fritz Pollard Alliance discusses watching the virtual event
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After NFL meetings about inclusive hiring, change could be on horizon
Attendees said there seemed to be an increased sense of urgency in talks
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‘We are at a bad point’: Five ways to improve hiring mess in NFL
The NFL and Fritz Pollard Alliance will meet again to discuss next steps