Minority hiring has always been an issue with the NFL. The “Rooney Rule” was established to get more minority coaching candidates through the doors of NFL teams and gain experience in the interview process. It has been more of a joke than anything else with teams finding a way to circumvent the rule or flat out go through the motions to get it over with.
Now, a new NFL rule proposal will take it a step further by rewarding the teams that make minority hires. Let us be clear here, we are not simply talking about African-American hires, we are talking about all minority hiring.