The NFL's virtual draft underscored a lack of diversity in key positions, writes JarrettBell
As an NFL lifer now positioned on the front lines of diversity efforts, Rod Graves watched the
What struck Graves the most during the three-day draft was the makeup of the bulk of NFL decision-makers for one team after another. While an overwhelming majority of the players chosen in the draft were African-American – particularly during theover the first two days – an almost exclusive percentage of the people doing the picking were white.
Graves, 61, calls it “shameful” to see the league moving backward in an area that Commissioner Roger Goodell and other officials contend is part of their mission. forced the NFL to scrap its intended show in Las Vegas and typical draft coverage, the NFL put cameras in the homes of every single general manager and head coach who conducted draft duties from their homes to comply with stay-at-home mandates across the nation.
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