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FIRST ON FOX: <\/strong>Florida\u2019s chief law enforcement officer announced Wednesday he will warn NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that the NFL\u2019s longstanding “Rooney Rule” mandating interviews for minority and ethnically diverse candidates is illegal in the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n

The rule, named for late Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney, who chaired the NFL\u2019s Diversity Committee, went into effect in 2003 after Black coaches Tony Dungy and Dennis Green were fired the previous season despite strong win-loss records.<\/p>\n

Uthmeier\u2019s state hosts three teams \u2014 the Jacksonville Jaguars, Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> and Miami Dolphins \u2014 and the AG is a fan of the latter.<\/p>\n

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“As a Floridian, I wish the Miami Dolphins well with their new head football coach. As Florida\u2019s chief legal officer, however, I write with a word of caution to the NFL on its race-and-sex-based hiring policies,” he wrote in a letter to Goodell obtained by Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

Goodell must, in turn, confirm no later than May 1 that the NFL will no longer enforce the Rooney Rule or any variation of it or face civil rights enforcement actions.<\/p>\n

“As applied in Florida, the NFL\u2019s \u2018Rooney Rule,\u2019<\/a> which governs the hiring of certain team executives and coaches, brazenly violates Florida law. So, too, do the NFL\u2019s related ‘diversity’ initiatives,” the letter adds.<\/p>\n

Uthmeier told Fox News Digital the NFL drafts players based on merit and should do the same in the front office.<\/p>\n

“NFL teams are not going to hire an offensive lineman based on his race. So, why should hiring for positions off the field be based on illegal DEI quotas<\/a>?” he said.<\/p>\n

“DEI is discriminatory and illegal. The NFL doesn\u2019t get special treatment, and any business operating in Florida is required to comply with Florida law. Good coaches are judged on wins, not the color of their skin.”<\/p>\n

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Uthmeier noted in his letter that expansions of the Rooney Rule now include women as a categorized qualifying minority and criticized provisions awarding third-round draft picks to teams that develop minority talent into GMs or head coaches as well as requiring the employment of a female or minority coach as an offensive assistant.<\/p>\n

Uthmeier argued that Florida law bars employers from making hiring or workplace decisions<\/a> based on protected characteristics such as race or sex, including any practices that could limit opportunities for certain groups.<\/p>\n

“The Rooney Rule and its offshoots require precisely what Florida law forbids<\/a>. They require teams to limit, segregate, and classify applicants for certain employment and training opportunities because of race and sex. And they do so in a way that tends to deprive applicants of opportunities for employment,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

Uthmeier told Goodell, “The Rooney Rule and its offshoots are illegal in Florida.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to the NFL for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/florida-ag-warns-nfl-drop-affirmative-action-rooney-rule-face-legal-consequences <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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