Brian Flores filed a lawsuit against the NFL alleging discriminatory hiring practices, and late last week, Ray Horton and Steve Wilks joined the suit.
Horton contends his 2016 interview for the Titans head coaching job was a sham. Mike Mularkey, who got the job, confirmed that in a 2020 interview that went unnoticed until the amended lawsuit.
One of the creators of the Rooney Rule is frustrated that things have not improved since the rule was implemented in 2003 and since tweaked many times without success. Arizona State athletic director Ray Anderson, who helped implement the Rooney Rule while an executive with the Falcons, said the minority interview requirements are not working as intended.
“In that room, when we were talking about the Rooney Rule, what we talked about was: It can’t be short-lived; it can’t be tokenism; it’s got to be a deep and committed initiative that is sustainable,” Anderson said during a roundtable discussion on race and hiring in the NFL last week at…