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The Rooney Rule was instituted in 2003 as a means to ensure minority candidates were given equal opportunity to interview for top personnel jobs. Under the rule, each team with a head coaching or GM vacancy must interview at least one minority candidate for the position. "Clearly we are not where we want to be on this level," Goodell said during Super Bowl week."It's clear we need to change. We have already begun discussing those changes, what stages we can take next to determine better outcomes."
Should a team hire a minority head coach, then in the draft prior to that coach's second season with the club, the team would move up six slots from its allotted place in the third round. A team would move up 10 slots in the same scenario for hiring a minority as its GM. If a club were to fill both head coaching and GM vacancies at the same time with minority candidates, then it would move up 16 draft places under the same scenario, potentially turning the pick into a second-round selection.
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