The Rooney Rule has been in place for more than two decades, but a Yale Law paper co-authored by DeMaurice Smith argues it's merely been a suggestion.

The NFL's Rooney Rule is one of the most scrutinized professional-league mandates in American sports. The rule is meant to ensure more equitable hiring practices among the league's teams as it ...

“The Rooney Rule is also not working because management is not doing the interviews in good-faith, and it therefore creates a stigma that interviews of Black candidates are only being done to ...

The NFL has used the so-called “Rooney Rule” since 2003. It’s under renewed scrutiny because ex-Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores expressed skepticism about its effectiveness in the lawsuit ...

“The Rooney Rule is also not working because management is not doing the interviews in good-faith, and it therefore creates a stigma that interviews of Black candidates are only being done to ...

No matter, though. The Jaguars had complied with the Rooney Rule as of Thursday night and were free to make Coen their next coach. This does not make Shad Khan -- a Pakistani American who is the ...

But the Flores suit called the Rooney Rule a failure, so we decided to go back to one of the key people involved in the creation of it to get his take. That's civil rights lawyer Cyrus Mehri, ...

Don't get me started on the Rooney Rule. I mean, it's starting to become kind of ridiculous. It's past resumes and who's great. No offense to (then new Bears coach Marc) Trestman, but they'd ...

The Rooney Rule, which took effect in 2003, sought to correct inequities at the top of pro football's hierarchy by requiring teams to interview minority candidates for head coaching vacancies.

Black Monday lived up to its name this week, as the annual day in which NFL coaches are fired is highlighted by the fact that a total of five black coaches lost their jobs in 2018. In a league that… ...

In 2003, the NFL had three minority head coaches: future Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Dungy, Herman Edwards and Marvin Lewis ...

The NFL has used the so-called “Rooney Rule” since 2003. It’s under renewed scrutiny because ex-Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores expressed skepticism about its effectiveness in the lawsuit ...