NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers questions during a season ticket member fan forum before practice at the Cleveland Browns' training camp facility in Berea, Ohio, on Aug. 17, 2017. Credit: AP/Tony Dejak
NFL owners took several noteworthy steps Tuesday to promote diversity hiring at all levels of the league but stopped short of adopting a controversial plan that would have rewarded teams hiring minority head coaches and general managers by improving their draft positioning.
The league bolstered the Rooney Rule by requiring teams to interview at least two outside minority candidates for head coaching positions and one minority candidate for the lead front-office executive spot.