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FIRST WORD
If the investigation finds anything interfering with our ability to keep athletes safe, it will not be tolerated.”
Colorado State President Joyce McConnell, saying the university is hiring an independent law firm to investigate the athletic department after athletes and athletic staff alleged members of the department have worked to hide the extent of COVID- 19 spread among athletes. The allegations were first reported Tuesday by the Coloradoan in Fort Collins, Colorado.
LAST WORDS
We just have to be better. Why sugarcoat it. There are less than half the minority coaches in the NFL today than there were in 2007. From that perspective, it’s a joke. Right now it’s comical, although it’s not funny.”
Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin on Thursday about hiring minority coaches in the NFL.
When I took the Maryland job last year and looked at the landscape of college football, I thought to myself, there’s something missing. I’m on the back nine of my career and the pathway to becoming a head coach is still as difficult as when I got into the business in 1992.”
Maryland football coach Michael Locksley, announcing in a news release the formation of the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches ( NCMFC) on Thursday. According to the release, the NCMFC was formed as a multipronged effort to remove roadblocks, increase awareness and spur action toward fair and equitable hiring at all levels of football. Locksley’s non- profit organization says it will identify and mentor male and female coaches of color.