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Just days after watching the first Super Bowl to feature two black quarterbacks, one NFL analyst outlined just how far the league has yet to go.
According to a statement made in The Athletic, analyst Mike Jones accused owners of simply "going through the motions" of interviewing minority candidates.
"Just going through the motions. Because it’s not just this season. Jobs have always and seemingly will remain hard to come by for anyone who isn’t White," Jones said.
"Since 2019, 27 head coaching jobs have come available. Only seven of those jobs have gone to men of color: [Ron] Rivera, [David] Culley, [Robert] Saleh, [Mike] McDaniel, [Lovie] Smith, [Todd] Bowles and [DeMeco] Ryans."
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Will the NFL get their first black team owner by the end of the decade?
He continued, arguing that having just one-eighth of 32 NFL head coaches being black is far too little:
"And here we are in 2023 and in a league whose player membership is 75 percent Black, the 32 coaching jobs belong to only four men who are Black or biracial."
How many black NFL owners are there?
Mike Jones' comments point towards what has been a long-standing issue in the league.
Starting at the bottom of the power hierarchy, the racial heritage is beyond littered with African-American players. However, as one looks up the ranks, the color gets disproportionately lighter.
There are only two non-white owners of league teams. Kim Pegula is a co-owner of the Buffalo Bills and Shad Kahn owns the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The most recent owner swap saw power change from the Bowlen family to the Walton family as a result of the sale. It was an exchange of the team from one white group to another.
The Waltons are known for their involvement in Walmart. Condolizza Rice, an African American woman, is also part of the ownership group, but she is described as a "limited partner," according to AP.
There were also a few other listed African-American limited partners. However, their power, by definition, is limited.
When will African-Americans finally reach beyond rosters and into offices in the NFL?
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