Uthmeier wants NFL to eliminate the ‘Rooney Rule’ as a DEI policy

By: Mitch Perry

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: March 25, 2026

Words: 676

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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The Florida GOP-controlled Legislature earlier this month approved legislation that would ban local governments from funding, promoting, or taking official actions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

Now the attorney general of Florida wants one of the biggest and most popular corporations in the country, the National Football League, to stop implementing what he calls race-based hiring policies, because he says it violates Florida’s Civil Rights Act.

Uthmeier contacted NFL Commissioner Roger …

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