George asked the Bears up front whether this was simply to fulfill the Rooney Rule requirement of having two minority ...

The National Football League now has more coaches of color than ever, but it also puts potential coaches who are men of color through the wringer by setting them up ...

The NFL's "Rooney Rule" mandates that NFL teams engaging in a head coaching search interview two minority candidates before ...

Eddie George recently had the chance to interview with the Chicago Bears of the NFL. And even though he didn’t get the job, ...

Tennessee State football's Eddie George says the Chicago Bears cited his work as a coach and not his minority status for ...

The year is 2022. The month, February. Two days ago, the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals punched their tickets to ...

The NFL’s Rooney Rule is a worthy idea clumsily executed. Established in 2003 and tweaked in 2021, it requires teams to ...

The NFL installed the Rooney Rule in 2003 with the best of intentions behind it. Within the last few years, the league has tweaked it multiple times to strengthen the instrument known across ...

Tennessee State head football Eddie George opens up on his unexpected mid-January coaching interview with the Chicago Bears.

George's interview made the Bears compliant with the Rooney Rule, which requires NFL teams to interview minority candidates before filling a head coaching position. But George made it clear he did ...