Rooney chose one of his Hall of Fame players, Joe Greene, to be his presenter for the Hall of Fame, a man he was close to as ...

The NFL has used the so-called “Rooney Rule” since 2003. It’s under renewed scrutiny because ex-Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores expressed skepticism about its effectiveness in the lawsuit ...

The Rooney rule is named for Dan Rooney, the late Pittsburgh Steelers owner who was chairman of the league’s Workplace Diversity Committee. The Rooney Rule is the result of recommendations made ...

The rule, long overdue, was named for Rooney, then president of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the overseer of that committee. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) 2007 AP ...

The Rooney Rule was implemented in 2003 and is a policy that requires every team with a head coaching vacancy to interview at least one or more diverse candidates. Six years later, the rule was ...

Prompted by Brian Flores’s lawsuit and a cycle in which only two nonwhite head coaches were hired, the N.F.L.’s biggest diversity initiative faces new debate over if it can be fixed.

The Rooney Rule began in 2003 as a way to get more minorities interviews for head coaching jobs. It’s now also being used to get minorities interviews for general manager and other front office ...

The rule was named after the late Dan Rooney, who was the committee's chairman at the time and owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers."The committee's initial focus was on the historically low number of ...

"The Rooney Rule is not working. It is not working because the numbers of Black Head Coaches, Coordinators and Quarterback Coaches are not even close to being reflective of the number of Black ...

In a class-action lawsuit, Former NFL coach Brian Flores specifically cites the league's Rooney Rule as being a "well-intentioned failure." ...