The NFL owners announced during the annual league meeting today down in Florida that the league is creating a new committee, called the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee. The eight-person committee will be helmed by Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II, who offered comments on its establishment earlier today.
While he began by pointing out perceived progress that has been made in diversity hiring at a variety of levels, he ultimately conceded that “we’re still not seeing the kind of progress that we would like to see on the head coaching front”, and talked about ways to improve that moving forward.