MIAMI (CBSMiami/CNN) – The NFL has created a new diversity advisory committee to review its hiring policies and practices with a “focus on senior-level coach and front office personnel positions.”
The committee was created “in light of ongoing concerns over a lack of diversity in hiring,” the league said. Last month, Brian Flores, the former head coach of the Miami Dolphins, filed a lawsuit against the NFL and three of its teams for racial discrimination.
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The committee members include Rick Smith, the Houston Texans former general manager; Peter Harvey, a former New Jersey attorney general; Don Thompson, the CEO and founder of Cleveland Avenue and former president and CEO of the McDonald’s Corporation; and Pamela Carlton, the founder and president of Springboard.