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Increased Feminism in the NFL
By: Kyle Schroeder
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Article Review
• The NFL is now required to interview a female candidate for a position in the league office.
• This rule was announced at the lead up to SB50 in San Fransisco, CA by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
• “We believe in diversity” said Goodell
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Feminist Approach• Women have very distinct ways of viewing work
and creating meaning which can add to an organization.
• Adding women to an organization can create a new outlook that can help create a great diverse culture.
• Women are valuable and hold a strong place in an organization, they are key to maximizing the potential.
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NFL opening up to more females
• The NFL is looking to add more females to their offices in hopes of having more diversity.
• To ensure such they are requiring the league offices to interview one female candidate for job openings.
• This is something that is considered to be long overdue.
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NFL Women’s Summit• This monumental announcement came at the first
ever NFL Women’s Summit, in San Fransisco, CA days before Super Bowl 50 by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
• Famous Women in attendance:Rogers’s wife Jane Skinner Goodell, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; and women tennis star Billie Jean King
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NFL Women’s Summit• There’s no word yet, but it is believe that this
summit will now meet every year during the week leading up to the Super Bowl.
• The goal this summit is to bring together prominent women from sports, government, media, and a variety of other fields and allow younger women it see the power of sports and where they they fit it to a developing field.
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Famous women in the NFL Team Front Offices
• Amy Trask; former CEO of the Oakland Raiders for 16 years
• Dawn Aponte; currently still in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins as executive VP of Football administration.
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Women who are currently in NFL League Offices (prior to new rule)
• Dawn Hudson: Chief Marketing Officer
• Cynthia Hogan: a Chief Lobbyist
• Anna Isaacson: Vice President for Social Media Responsibility
• Lisa Friel: former prosecutor who is in charge of investigating player into player misconduct
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NFL’s “Rooney Rule”• The “Rooney Rule” is a requirement for NFL Front
Offices, when it comes to hiring Head Coaches and General Managers.
• It requires each team to interview at least one African American candidate for either of those position.
• The goal of this rule is to increase NFL diversity in the front office and coaching ranks.
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The New “Rooney Rule”• Goodell stated at the Women’s Summit this new
rule is based around the same concept as the Rooney Rule.
• It will work the same way in that each League Office Position must have a women interviewed among the male candidates for that individual position.
• Both of these rules will assist in creating a diverse new NFL.
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Roger Goodell quotes from the Summit
• “We believe we’re better as an organization when we have good people at the table.”
• “You can see that process is being made”
• “We’re going to keep making progress here and make a difference.”
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Other Women in the NFL
• Jen Welter
• Sarah Thomas
• Kathryn Smith
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Jennifer Welter• On July 27, 2015 Jen Welter was named an
assistant coaching intern for training camp and the preseason for the Arizona Cardinals.
• According to Cardinals Pro Bowl DB Tyrann Mathieu, her coaching style doesn’t differ from a lot of male coaches he has encountered in his career.
• However for Welter, her internship with the team expired following the third preseason game last season.
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Sarah Thomas
• On April 8, 2015, Thomas was announced as the first full-time female referee.
• She made here debut last September for the NFL
• Prior to getting the NFL official, Thomas worked as a referee in scrimmages and preseason for the New Orleans Saints.
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Kathryn Smith
• On January 20, 2016 the Buffalo Bills announced her has their special teams quality control coach.
• This made her the first full-time female NFL coach.
• She had previously interned with the New York Jets before becoming and administrative assistant for the Bills in 2014, prior to her promotion.
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Optimism for more Women• These women all have been hired in the last year
by the NFL showing that the league is looking to continue to grow its diversity
• It also shows that more and more roles are becoming available to women in the NFL that previously were not.
• This increase of women is supposed to continue and growth is expected over the next few years.
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Questions• How quickly will this rule start to change the number
of women in the league office for the better?
• Will this rule start to reach into the individual team front offices and coaching staffs?
• Will we continue to see an increased number of female coaches in the NFL?
• Will a problem arise in an NFL Locker Room, if there are female coaches?
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SourcesBelson, K. (2016). N.F.L. Will Require Interviews of Women for League Executive Positions. Retrieved February 14, 2016, from http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/sports/football/nfl-women-rooney-rule-super-bowl.html?_r=0
NFL to hold Women's Summit ahead of Super Bowl 50. (n.d.). Retrieved February 15, 2016, from http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000626342/article/nfl-to-hold-womens-summit-ahead-of-super-bowl-50
Roger Goodell: NFL creating a Rooney Rule for women. (n.d.). Retrieved February 14, 2016, from http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000632320/article/roger-goodell-nfl-creating-a-rooney-rule-for-women