The Rooney Rule requires National Football League teams to interview minority candidates for head coaching and senior football operation jobs. It is often cited as an example of affirmative action. It was established in 2003.
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“Then down, deep down, in the mighty ship, unseen by the midday
suns,
You’ll find the chaps who are giving the raps—the men behind the guns!”
—John Jerome Rooney (1866–1934)
“Mothers easily become jealous of their sons’ friends when they are particularly successful. As a rule a mother loves herself in her son more than she does the son himself.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)