UNDATED (AP) — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the league will deal with discrimination in a serious way if he finds that teams violated that principle.
Goodell says “we won’t tolerate racism. We won’t tolerate discrimination.”
There are five minority head coaches on the 32 teams: two Black, one biracial, one Hispanic and one Lebanese.
Asked if the process is flawed, from how interviews are conducted to who might be conducting them, Goodell said the league already is looking into that. He said the league could look into changes in the Rooney Rule that requires interviews of minority candidates for coaching and executive jobs, or a new rule entirely.
Elsewhere around the NFL:
— The league has moved quickly to take over an investigation into alleged sexual harassment by Commanders owner Daniel Snyder. The Commanders say the team has hired an outside investigator to look into allegations by former team employee Tiffani Johnston. She told Congress that Snyder groped her thigh at a team dinner and pushed her toward his limousine with his hand on her lower back years ago.
— Bengals coach Zac Taylor says tight end C.J. Uzomah likely will work at practice Thursday with the team taking advantage of having three days of work left to see where the veteran is. Uzomah played only nine snaps in the AFC championship game before hurting his knee. He caught 49 passes for 493 yards and five touchdowns in the best season of his career, and he has 13 catches for 135 yards this postseason.
— Commanders safety Deshazor Everett faces a charge of involuntary manslaughter after an investigation found he was speeding when his car slammed into trees and rolled over. The 29-year-old NFL player was seriously injured and his passenger was killed. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office says Everett was driving his Nissan GT-R at more than twice the 45 mph speed limit before the crash on December 23.
— The NFL will play a regular-season game in Munich, Germany, for the first time next season. The league has expanded its horizon in Europe after years of only playing games that count in England.
