Does the NCAA have anything like the NFL’s “Rooney Rule?” The “Rooney Rule” is a National Football League policy requiring teams to interview minority candidates for head coaching positions. Legally, the NCAA can’t adopt such a rule. The NFL is a for-profit business that is legally able to draft and enforce such policies. In contrast, the NCAA is a non-profit and voluntary member association which can’t influence individual campus hiring practices. However, in early 2008, Division I athletics directors recognized the problem and adopted hiring guidelines similar to the “Rooney Rule.” While voluntary, peer pressure plays a major role in ensuring schools comply with these guidelines. The main focus, however, should be getting minority coaches hired, not just interviewed.
I'm definitely what you would call a work in progress. I think it is important to mention that I have some help behind the scenes that are helping me grow into this.
Aren't we all Brotha, aren't we all?
Been saying this a while. I'd expect almost half of the staff to be cut and replaced back to about 2/3 of what the total number is now. Patterson is about running things efficiently and having people there who are proffesional and work diligently. When people talk of complacency and fat in the AD they are talking about the number of staff members that have a job or a created job becuase of friendships and relationships over qualificaions and necessity.
