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Article: Rooney Rule helping minority coaching candidates
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  January 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the NFL's main office in New York, the names of 10 or 11 minorities ... minority candidate is called the Rooney Rule. That stipulation has changed ... coaches in the NFL when the Rooney Rule was enacted in December 2002 ... chairman John Wooten said of the Rooney Rule. "The ...

Article: Black coaches show wisdom of Rooney rule
Daily Breeze;  December 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... league's year-old Rooney rule, requiring teams to ... Tony Dungy and the New York Jets' Herman Edwards ... coaches. Smith admits the Rooney rule has helped the cause ... said. "I think the Rooney rule was put in so someday ...

Article: Diverse Results; With Rooney Rule in Place, Black ...
The Washington Post;  December 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... later of the so-called Rooney Rule, requiring a diverse candidate ... committee and for whom the Rooney Rule is named. "It shows that ... Edwards, who took the New York Jets to the playoffs in ... coordinator Greg Blache; New York Gi

Article: Despite 'Rooney Rule,' progress slow in coming
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... another after being "traded" by the New York Jets to the Kansas City Chiefs for a ... progress in the era of the so-called Rooney Rule, which requires that every NFL team ... year, more so than ever before." The Rooney Rule was put into effect in response to a ...

Article: NFL broadens 'Rooney Rule' to include senior posts
AP Online;  June 15, 2009 ;     615 words ...The NFL has broadened its Rooney Rule by requiring teams to interview at least one minority candidate ... Mayhew (Detroit), Ozzie Newsome (Baltimore), Jerry Reese (New York Giants) and Rick Smith (Houston). The NFL's senior football ...

Article: IS ROONEY RULE SPIRIT BEING UPHELD?(Sports)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 31, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... lately, you've no doubt heard of the Rooney Rule. It's in the news today. Mike Singletary ... Because he had to do so. That's the Rooney Rule. Initiated in 2002 by its namesake ... the NFL's diversity committee, the Rooney Rule requires clubs to interview at least ...

Article: Rooney Rule is expanded to front office
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  June 16, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Super Bowl in February. Wooten said the Rooney Rule has had the desired effect when it comes ... in top front-office positions. The Rooney Rule, as it now applies to front office ... opening. The recommendation to extend the Rooney Rule to front offices followed the NFL owners ...