DiversityInc » NCAA http://www.diversityinc.com DiversityInc: Diversity and the Bottom Line Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:42:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The NFL Got It Right http://www.diversityinc.com/ask-the-white-guy/the-nfl-got-it-right/ http://www.diversityinc.com/ask-the-white-guy/the-nfl-got-it-right/#comments Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Luke Visconti Question: DI asks, "How Will the NCAA Address the Lack of Black Coaches?" The Oakland Raiders' Al Davis, decades ago, already had the correct answer. "Just win, baby." Care to comment?

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Ask the White Guy Luke ViscontiQuestion:
DI asks, “How Will the NCAA Address the Lack of Black Coaches?” The Oakland Raiders’ Al Davis, decades ago, already had the correct answer. “Just win, baby.”

 

Care to comment?

 

Answer:

Al Davis is right, but you can’t win if you don’t have a chance to play.

 

I had dinner with Cyrus Mehri last week and he stressed the importance of simple solutions. The NFL made it a policy to include at least one non-white candidate for every coaching opening. It worked.

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