Johnnie Cochran threatens to sue the NFL...

[Wingznut]

Cochran says black coaches held to different standard

To stimulate the hiring of African-Americans as head coaches, Cochran proposed that commissioner Paul Tagliabue "reward at least one team each year for developing a diverse front office'' with a draft pick.

He also asked the NFL to require team owners to include "diverse racial groups'' when interviewing candidates for coaching positions. According to the report, "owners can choose to opt out of this requirement ... but to do so they must forfeit a draft pick.''

 

[PsychoAndy]

...and in other news, stock in Bayer AG rose 3 points today. Execs attribute gain to higher than usual sales figures this quarter.

-PAB

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: PsychoAndy
...in other news, stock in Bayer AG rose attributed to higher than usual sales figures this quarter.

-PAB

Good for Bayer! (Pronounced Buyer, btw.) Must be their new Viagra-like drug.

 

[Ns1]

screw that

I SAY TEHY SHOULD START HIRING ASIANS AS HEAD COACHES!

WHY DOESN'T ANYBODY EVER PLAY THE YELLOW CARD HUH

 

[rh71]

Did OJ put him up to this?

 

[djs1w]

fine, you can have your black coaches. However, we need to make sure there's no discrimination amongst the players. We need more minority lineman, wide receivers, running backs, and linebackers. Then after were done with the NFL, let's move to the NBA and make sure equality amongst players exists there as well, more minority point guards, power forwards, centers, and shooting guards.

 

[danzig]

To hell with Johnnie Cockran .

 

[Deeko]

Riiiigghhht....complaining that there aren't enough black coaches...do these people happen to notice how many more black players there are than white?? Idiots.

 

[Jhill]

White running backs and wide recievers are held to a different standard then blacks. There's not enough of them and they get cut more often. Let's sue the NFL.

 

[Cyberian]

Why don't we start by getting proportional representation of African-Americans in the player ranks?

 

[txgixer]

Originally posted by: danzig
To hell with Johnnie Cockran .

 

[BooneRebel]

I'm a hetero white middle-class male. We're a minority now. Where's my compensation, huh?

 

[Commish]

"One bad year and you're out,'' he said. "There seems to be a lack of patience as far as black coaches are concerned.''


Yep, that sure happend with Dennis Green in Minnesota after nine years of mediocrity. He's gone now, but, he definitely left a mark, i.e., no defense, and a whiny punk wide receiver with a QB that couldn't hit the broad side of a barn.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

cochran can take a football and shove up up his pansy arse

fewer people like cochran and jackson and the world would be a much better place.

 

[lupohki]

screw that

I SAY TEHY SHOULD START HIRING ASIANS AS HEAD COACHES!

WHY DOESN'T ANYBODY EVER PLAY THE YELLOW CARD HUH

right on brotha!

 

[Commish]

Originally posted by: lupohki

screw that

I SAY TEHY SHOULD START HIRING ASIANS AS HEAD COACHES!

WHY DOESN'T ANYBODY EVER PLAY THE YELLOW CARD HUH

right on brotha!

Knowing how to spell would help.

 

[tcsenter]

You know that the pickins are getting pretty damned slim when a self-proclaimed 'champion of racial equality' begins to attack an industry that has created more black multi-millionares than any other bar none. Oh wait...

 

[Nitemare]

Bout time for Jackson to sue Toyota again for not having enough minority owned dealerships

 

[Linflas]

He is also in on the reparations suits as well so I am not surprised. Sadly he has probably already achieved much of what he wants just by getting the press for this nonsense.

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: Cyberian
Why don't we start by getting proportional representation of African-Americans in the player ranks?

 

[Desslok]

If the glove does not fit you must aquit.

 

[lupohki]

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screw that

I SAY TEHY SHOULD START HIRING ASIANS AS HEAD COACHES!

WHY DOESN'T ANYBODY EVER PLAY THE YELLOW CARD HUH

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right on brotha!
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Knowing how to spell would help.

puh-lease ...

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: Cyberian
Why don't we start by getting proportional representation of African-Americans in the player ranks?

If you guys don't think the NFL is'nt the biggest ole' boys network you're nuts.
The complaint is Blacks arn't given a fair opportunity in the interview process nor are they retained dispite having a better track record with more wins.. The NFL should address this .. Comparing white players to black coaches is not right since white players are being interviewed, called a draft and free agentcy, and the performance is trivial to make a determination on retention.

 

[Lucky]

The complaint is Blacks arn't given a fair opportunity in the interview process nor are they retained dispite having a better track record with more wins.. The NFL should address this ..

Nonsense. This "track record" is based one FIVE coaches have an average of 1.1 wins more per season. Not exactly a large sample, or large deviation. There is no way you can take those statistics and extrapolate them for anything meaningful.

Comparing white players to black coaches is not right since white players are being interviewed

And cochran wants to FORCE the NFL to interview coaches even if the team/owner does not believe they are qualified.

 

[Zebo]

BTW, Herman Edwards is only 1/4 Black so really there is only 1 black caoch in the NFL.