For Ryan Clark, the Rooney Rule has run its course. The NFL provision spearheaded by the late Dan Rooney that requires team to interview minority candidate for prominent coaching and executive jobs, first for head coaches and then expanded out, is no longer needed in Clark’s mind.
On the most recent episode of The CW’s Inside the NFL, he argued teams have made a joke of the rule with token interviews and the league’s natural increase of minority hires means the requirement is no longer needed.
“NFL teams are entitled to hire who they feel is best for the coaching job, & at head coach I believe that’s moved beyond color,” Clark tweeted following the show’s airing.