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Florida AG Calls NFL's Rooney Rule Race Discrimination
Florida's attorney general wrote a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell arguing that the Rooney Rule constitutes "blatant race and sex discrimination." The official called for all hiring decisions in the league to be based solely on merit, pushing for the rule's abolition.
Florida's attorney general has sent a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to express concern that the Rooney Rule is "blatant race and sex discrimination" and that hiring decisions should be based on merit only.