Many Republicans Think The NFL Does 'Too Much' For Black Players [View all]
Forty-five percent of Republicans believe the NFL provides too much support for its Black players, who make up nearly 70% of the league.
That’s according to a Los Angeles Times poll released Wednesday ahead of the Super Bowl that asked respondents to assess how much the NFL has done for Black players. Only 22% of all respondents said the league has done “too much.” And 57% of Democrats said the league hasn’t done enough.
GOP members also took a much dimmer view of the league’s revamped hiring practices for coaching vacancies: 48% approved of the “Rooney Rule,” which requires teams to interview minority candidates from the outside for head coaching positions and coordinator jobs.
Even with the rule in place, Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers was the only Black head coach among the league’s 32 teams until this week, when the Houston Texans hired Lovie Smith and the Miami Dolphins hired Mike McDaniel, who is biracial.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-nfl-black-players-poll_n_620543a5e4b032302467a67f
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Gee, quelle surprise!
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