NFL Rewarding Draft Picks for Hiring Minority Candidates?
This is a rule that was implemented last year and I wanted to see what this forum's opinion on it was.
If a team has a minority employee leave for a head coaching or GM job, they will receive additional third-round draft pick for the next two years.
I'm personally not the biggest fan of this because it makes it seem like teams need to be "rewarded" for hiring these minority candidates in the first place. It just seems so demeaning. But then again I guess that's the whole premise of affirmative action in the first place and nobody has a problem with it. Also, I just find this to be a bunch of virtue-signaling considering we know the shit NFL owners are involved in behind-the-scenes. What are your guys' thoughts on this?
In a league where ~70% of the players are black/minorities, it seems a little odd to offer an advantage to teams for promoting/hiring underrepresented minorities. Unless they are using a different methodology to determine "minorities" in this context (which I highly doubt).
Makes sense to me. Try to make a big display to the left media that you’re doing all you can to level the playing field for non-whites, so the right, white owners can keep doing what they do. This is how the world works. What’s the problem?
If you’re white you’re still on top.
If you’re black or Hispanic or a woman, you have improved chances.
Only people that typically get screwed are qualifies Asians and Indians.
I was not familiar with the rule but I like the overall concept here. I would say that the rule does not go far enough, as a third round pick is probably not enough to influence hiring decisions. Black people represent the vast majority of players in the NFL but there are very few black players in managerial positions. It would make sense to have some representation in the managerial ranks.
Should we start rewarding teams for drafting East Asian or Hispanic players? There are very few Asian or Hispanic/Latino players on NFL rosters. It would make sense to have some representation in the player ranks.
The main reason there are low percentages for Asians and Hispanics in the NFL is probably due to a lack of interest. There are a lot of hispanic players in MLB.
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Perhaps providing Asians and Hispanics with some roster spots on NFL teams would spark interest in their respective communities? They might not be up to the task from a skills perspective immediately, but if we provide them the same outcome and offer them spots on teams, would it not lead to more equitable sporting outcomes and demonstrate to younger members of those communities that they too can be professional football players? Maybe having a few selected role models on teams might prompt younger members of the Asian and Hispanic communities to pursue professional football--a very lucrative profession--in greater numbers. Is that not a noble cause?
I stand by my statement of lack of interest. Jews and Indians also have a lack of interest regarding playing completive sports, especially playing football. They probably do not give a fuck about seeing more people in their groups playing at high levels in a sport. Why would they care? They are going to go to good schools and get good jobs. There is no need to have greater representation at the pro level No one is even asking for this?
Assuming you are not Jewish, Indian, Hispanic, or East Asian, I find it rather presumptuous that you would say these communities have no interest in professional sports just because they often succeed in scholastics and/or other professions. Do you honestly think all of the people in the aforementioned groups would rather be a banker or engineer than a professional football player?
I contend it's possible people in these communities do not show much interest yet because they do not think it a possible outcome given common stereotypes and the ethnic makeup of the current league. There's likely a lot of systemic racism and stereotyping at play against these marginalized groups, whether we want to admit it or not. If Korean-Americans or Indian-Americans had their version of a Russell Wilson or Tom Brady to root for and idolize, do you not think more young people in these communities would start to play football and aim to make it to the NFL?
I think it's a travesty that these communities are so underrepresented in professional sports like football and basketball. As a society we need to tip the scale in their favor by providing the same outcome as the most successful and heavily represented communities/ethnic backgrounds in these sports. Guaranteeing them a set number of spots on a team or even operating a separate draft or signing period exclusively for players with these backgrounds would go a long way to leveling the playing field (sorry for the pun).
The team owners and coaches might balk at first, as they are used to drafting and signing "the best" players--whatever that is supposed to mean. These teams basically just sign the same types of players from the same schools and the same backgrounds as they always have, which stinks of something systemic and rotten at its core. I contend that these professional teams will actually be more capable and stronger with these quotas and representation from the above mentioned groups, as it will provide a diversity of background, thought, and experience that they don't currently have. Like our universities and corporations, the NFL and NBA should be trying to put together the most diverse (i.e. strongest) teams as possible. Raw stats, qualifications, and performance are not the only measures of success--our schools and corporations have learned that.
Professional sports need to catch up and get with the times. I think we're right on the cusp of people realizing just how problematic the processes and cultures are in professional sports in America. When you look at the player demographics and how these owners/coaches go about choosing the "winners" who make it to the league, it's clear there is a problem. We need to do better for our Asian, Hispanic, and Jewish peers.
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