Where the Rooney Rule falls short

At his press conference introducing new Jaguars HC Doug Pederson, Jaguars Owner Shad Khan was asked about the lack of diversity among head coaches in the NFL. Khan mentioned a letter Tony Dungy wrote to the NFL on coaching diversity, and said that “a lot” needs to be done. “There’s a lot of work to do,” Khan said. “I wish there was a quick fix.”

Khan is the only majority owner in the NFL who isn’t white and has spoken about issues of race and diversity before, as recent as las year. This comes in response to a lawsuit filed by former Miami Dolphins HC Brian Flores against the NFL, accusing the NFL of racism in its’ hiring practice.

In the lawsuit, Flores addressed the Rooney Rule, a practice…