President Joe Biden called out the lack of Black head coaches in the NFL in an interview that aired during the Super Bowl, saying having diverse leaders in the league is a requirement of 'generic decency.'
in an interview that aired during the Super Bowl, saying having diverse leaders in the league is a requirement of "generic decency."with NBC News anchor Lester Holt, "they haven't lived up to what they committed to and lived up to being open about hiring more minorities to run teams."
Diversity in the NFL's coaching roles has long been criticized, particularly in a league made up of mostly minority players. Last year, about 71 percent of NFL players were people of color and only a quarter were white, according to the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida. The races of the other 4 percent were unknown.
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