LAST WORDS

To be behind where we were 14 years ago is not acceptable considering how much emphasis we are supposedly placing on diversity and inclusion in higher education.

Richard Lapchick, chair of the DeVos Sport Business Management Program; director, Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports and President, The Institute for Sport and Social Justice, about college men’s basketball coaches in his 2019 College Sport Racial and Gender Report Card. According to Lapchick, in Division I, 23.6% of all men’s head coaches were African American, which increased by 1.2 percentage points from 2017- 2018. However, this was still 1.6 percentage points below the all- time high of 25.2% reported in 2005- 2006.

We believe that each of these steps will enhance our ability to protect the health and safety of players and your football staffs and are consistent with a sound approach to risk management in the current environment.”

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell while announcing that clubs should hold training camp at team facilities rather than going to an offsite location as is customary for some franchises. The only exception would be cases in which teams cannot by law host training camp at their own facilities, the memo said. The commissioner also said the NFL and NFLPA agreed that no joint practices will be permitted this year during training camp.