Valerie Thomas: NFL Guilty of Discrimination?
18 November 2009
“When someone is running a con on you, you won’t be able to stop them until you understand how their con works.”
- Bob Grant
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Valerie Thomas uncovered another perfect example of how the NFL does as little as it can to look like they’re doing a lot. But as with everything else they do – like all those new programs they keep rolling out each year for its retired players – there’s little real substance when you look more closely at each new PR campaign that they announce. The Commissioner just loves stepping up to announce new programs.
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This summer, the NFL made a big deal about their diversity program under the newly-announced Rooney Rule.
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Categories: Guest Commentary, Valerie Thomas | Tagged: Bob Grant, Do No Evil, Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports, NFL, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, RobertinSeattle, Rooney Rule, The 2009 Racial and Gender Report Card, TIDES, Valerie Thomas |