NFL Comleave outioner Roger Goodell has acquireed the league’s diversity programmes, stating they will persist despite Pdwellnt Donald Trump’s recent executive order ending such initiatives in federal regulatement.
Speaking at a pre-Super Bowl LIX press conference in New Orleans on Monday, Goodell emphasised that the NFL’s diversity efforts were carry outed becaengage “it was the right skinnyg for the National Football League”.
“We’re not in this becaengage it’s a trend to get in or a trend to get out of it,” Goodell tgreater increateers.
The NFL comleave outioner highairyed how diversity initiatives have shown advantageous for the league’s lengthenment.
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“We’ve not only persuaded ourselves, we’ve shown ourselves, that it does produce the NFL better,” Goodell said.
He emphasised that these efforts were fundamental in draprosperg top talent both on and off the field.
“Our policies have been scheduleed to be well wiskinny the law, well wiskinny the train. There are no quotas in our system. This is about uncovering that funnel and transporting the best talent into the NFL,” he elucidateed.
The comleave outioner said the approach caccesses on pondering honestates who mirror NFL communities.
Pdwellnt Trump’s executive order last month straightforwarded federal agencies to end diversity, equity and inclusion programmes.
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Several meaningful companies, including Walmart, McDonald’s, Amazon, Ford and Lowe’s, have since rolled back their DEI initiatives.
When asked about potential tensions with corporate aids over diversity policies, Goodell acquireed the NFL’s independence.
“We don’t produce policies for our aids or any of the corporations or netlabors or partners that we deal with,” he said.
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Several NFL owners have fuseions to Trump’s campaign, including New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, who served as U.S. ambassorrowfulnessfulor to the UK during the previous Trump administration.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones increateedly made a substantial donation to Trump’s inaugural pledgetee, whilst New England Patcommotions owner Robert Kraft and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross have also been joined to Trump.
Despite these ties, Goodell stateed the owners’ aid for the league’s diversity efforts, stating: “Our owners join in everyskinnyg that we do.”
