Uthmeier subpoenas the NFL over the Rooney Rule

By: Mitch Perry

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: May 13, 2026

Words: 589

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Wednesday that while he appreciates how the National Football League had “capitulated” on some of its “discriminatory hiring quotas,” its hiring practices still violate Florida law and that he will now issue an investigative subpoena to the league.

Uthmeier initially threatened civil action against the NFL in March over its “Rooney Rule,” a decades-long league initiative established to combat the historically low number of minorities hired …

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