Until Chris discussed it in class on Tuesday, I was completely unaware of the Roony rule. This rule to me seems like an excellent way to address racial issues in the job market. The only question I have is, Who chooses the minority that is going to be interviewed? I don't really know much about the NFL and was unsure if the people doing the interviewing are the people who pick the minority to be interviewed. If this is the case, then that is the only problem I could see in the rule. It just seems that if a team is set on not hiring a minority, they could just pick the least qualified minority to interview and use that as their reasoning for not hiring. If the teams hiring can do this, then people can find a way around the purpose of the rule. However, if the teams are interviewing the most qualified minority candidate, then the purpose of the rule is being met and is beneficial to minorities. If these teams are choosing proper candidates and are giving a fair opportunity to the minorities interviewing then this rule doesn't seem to have any flaws and I don't understand how anyone could ever see it as a bad thing. I actually think they should maybe increase the number of minorities required to be interviewed, to continue in the strive to create equal opportunities.
-Ryan Fleming blog post #17
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