“NFL teams and their fans don’t care about the race of the coaching staff,” said state Attorney General James Uthmeier. “They want a merit-based system that gives their team the best chance to win.”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/62356371

State Attorney General James Uthmeier warned NFL officials Wednesday that the Rooney Rule and other similar hiring policies are “illegal” under Florida’s civil rights laws. In a letter to Commissioner Roger Goodell, Uthmeier pressed the NFL to confirm by May 1 it would no longer enforce its policies requiring teams to interview minority candidates, including women, or else the state could take “civil rights enforcement action.”