IRVING, Texas — Last week, the NFL announced that a majority of club personnel — 51 percent — is made up of people of color and/or women for the first time in league history. Additionally, 57 percent of employees at the league office are people of color and/or women, according to the league. When asked Wednesday whether the NFL is in a good spot in terms of diversity, Goodell passed on a chance to take a victory lap.
“No, I don’t think we’ve ever done enough,” Goodell said at the league’s December meeting. “DEI and the efforts to make our league more diverse will only make our league better. We saw it today and we saw it the last couple (of) days (at the NFL Front Office Accelerator with the) incredible talent and incredible people who are making their league better today and will continue to grow and move into positions as general managers. … We see that talent across the league. I think that’s fundamental to who we are, and I think we all see the benefits of that and the importance of doing that right.”
On the executive side, the NFL recently set league records with seven full-time diverse team presidents and nine full-time diverse general managers. Five of those team presidents are Black and all of those GMs are Black. When it comes to head coaches,…
