that's only what the rule does if you're being wilfully ignorant - the rule doesnt encourage interviews of people that arent qualified, it encourages teams and leadership to look beyond their small circles of nepotism and engage with and give opportunities to qualified people without those connections to the existing leadership
and his lawsuit is against the NFL not those specific teams - he's talking about racism in hiring across the league and using those teams as examples
the idea that unqualified people get interviewed over qualified people due to reverse racism is one of the classic false dogwhistle concerns that many imbeciles have
if i look specifically just at this hiring cycle for example - the least qualified candidate is josh mccown
and btw this is not an example of reverse discrimination (which is actually incredibly rare) - if it was then the league would actually not only be hiring minority head coaches but would be hiring them at a rate that would lead to an "over-representation" of minorities based on the industry demographics
So a couple issues I have with this:
1. You said this:
it encourages teams and leadership to look beyond their small circles of nepotism and engage with and give opportunities to qualified people without those connections to the existing leadership
Not only is that NOT what the Rooney Rule does, you'd be hard pressed to find examples of such instances occurring. If that were in fact true, then by definition, the skin color of the person being interviewed wouldn't be a factor in the policy. You are basing this off the idea that a) nepotism is limited exclusively to white people in this instance, which isn't accurate or verifiable, and that black candidates don't have any connections to existing leadership. That pretty much is impossible, because as far as I know, pretty much all black coaches that have been hired as a HC or even a Coordinator were already coaches in the NFL or at the very least in college, meaning by definition, they had connections to existing leadership in some form or fashion within the industry.
2. I understand he's talking about the entire league. That's why he made it a "class action lawsuit", because he's encouraging other minorities to join his cause (and naturally split the bill). Its also convenient, because he and his attorney undoubtedly know that he alone doesn't have nearly enough detail to warrant an actual lawsuit that would yield a judge or jury to conclude that that he was discriminated against.
Especially true when the Rooney Rule itself is a policy the NFL implemented that goes well, well, well above and beyond pretty much any hiring practices most employers in this Country would put in place for interviewing and hiring candidates.
3. I didn't say unqualified people would get interviewed over qualified people. I said the policy pretty much dictates that unqualified people have to be interviewed, by rule, for jobs that employers have no intention of giving to them, because more qualified candidates already exist. It just means more interviews and more wasted time for all parties involved. Hence the fact that rule goes above and beyond what pretty much any employer would do. Thus, a bad argument in Court.
4. I agree that hiring Josh McCown would be stupid. Good luck going to a Court and proving actual discrimination by the Texans because they hired somebody less qualified than you. The fact that you're more qualified doesn't automatically mean its racist to not hire you. I've personally turned away more qualified people for less qualified people for a variety of reasons.
5. This is not an instance of reverse racism. I said nobody would be happy until the proportion of black workers matches the proportion of black management. It's the standard line you hear all the time with this discussion. If 70% of the labor force is black, how can there only be like 2-3 black HC's in the league? If that rose to even 10 HC's, I don't think it would be enough for the majority of people who think this is a major issue.
Not to mention that one of the biggest challenges Flores faces is that, of course, he was ACTUALLY HIRED AS A HC. He got the job he was looking for. He then conveniently waited until he was fired to file the lawsuit. Much of his accusations occurred several years back. I think that might have been a good time to file a lawsuit.
Waiting until you've been fired for not meeting expectations and subsequently not hired for other roles doesn't have the "appearance" of somebody who is in it for the right reasons. If this is truly about "character" and "fixing injustice", then the time for lawsuits and awareness is just a few moments after the incident occurs. It's not the kind of thing you need years to think about and ponder. The only way you need years to think about and ponder alleged discrimination that is several years old is when the checks you've been cashing during that time, signed by the people who allegedly discriminated against you, stop coming in.
