Even if you have no interest in the teams playing in today's Superbowl, you may be intrigued by a panel discussion of the NFL's inclusionary hiring practices which are credited with increasing the number of black coaches and general managers in professional football. The American Constitution Society offers a streaming video of the discusson, featuring "a senior NFL official, a legendary NFL player, a leading civil rights attorney and a respected sports journalist."
An ACS email explains the significance of today's coaching matchup and its broader implications for inclusionary hiring practices.
For the first time in NFL history, the winning coach of the Super Bowl will be African-American. While the history of African-American coaches in the NFL dates back to Frederick Douglass “Fritz” Pollard in 1921, the next African-American head coach of an NFL team was not hired until 1989, when Art Shell was hired by the Oakland Raiders.
4 comments:
Well now we have proof what ever team Fitz picks the other teams is sure to win. I will now place my bets on the team that Fitz doesn't pick. I will surely become a billionaire in a short time. Fitz is a winner at law but he should leave picking sports team to me. It's good to be me.
Well someone had to win someone had to loose, but it would have been nice if the Bears were the winners!
Well, both teams were winners. History was in the make of having two African-American coaches in the Superbowl. Sorry about the Bears, Chicago Native.
Well History was made and Chicago was part of it.
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