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New NFL Hiring Policy Is Just Plain Stupid

SOCIAL DISTANCING AT HOME – For a league the size and stature of the NFL, sometimes they are just plain stupid.

You have uneven consequences of punishment for some players. The officiating fiasco of a few years ago was embarrassing, highlighted by the “Fail Mary” play in a Seattle-Green Bay game on national TV. Hiring commissioners to be nothing more than highly compensated “yes men” for the owners is a terrible optic.

Now we have this new edict handed down on Friday by the league. It will reward the draft position by teams by up to sixteen draft slots if they hire a black general manager or black head or assistant coach.