{"id":564931,"date":"2026-03-26T05:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/564931\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:08:14","slug":"fritz-pollard-alliance-defends-rooney-rule-against-attack-by-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/564931\/","title":{"rendered":"Fritz Pollard Alliance defends Rooney Rule against attack by Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida is taking aim at the Rooney Rule, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/florida-attorney-general-demands-the-nfl-suspend-the-rooney-rule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">calling it discriminatory<\/a>. The Fritz Pollard Alliance, in a statement issued to PFT, has defended the provision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Rooney Rule doesn\u2019t limit opportunity; it expands it,\u201d Fritz Pollard Alliance interim executive director Michele C. Meyer-Shipp said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t cap who a club can consider or dictate who gets hired and it\u2019s not a hiring rule. What it does is increase fair competition and ensure a true merit-based process by opening the door beyond the traditional \u2018tap on the shoulder\u2019 system, so the best candidates from all backgrounds are actually seen, evaluated, and can compete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Fritz Pollard Alliance, as explained on the group\u2019s website, works \u201cto ensure that hiring, advancement, and decision-making processes for career opportunities both on and off the field are <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fritzpollard.org\/about-us\/#:~:text=The%20Fritz%20Pollard%20Alliance%20(FPA)%20is%20an,head%20coach%20in%20the%20NFL%20in%201921.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">open, fair, and inclusive<\/a>, so that the leadership of the game reflects the excellence, talent, and diversity of the sport itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NFL has not responded to an inquiry from PFT regarding the Wednesday afternoon comments from Florida attorney general James Uthmeier, who has demanded that the NFL suspend the Rooney Rule or face possible enforcement action.<\/p>\n<p>The Rooney Rule is named for late Steelers owner Dan Rooney; the Steelers had no comment on Wednesday evening regarding Uthmeier\u2019s demand that the Rooney Rule be suspended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida is taking aim at the Rooney Rule, calling it discriminatory. The Fritz Pollard Alliance, in a statement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-564931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}