Damani Leach, president of Denver Bronchos, praised the diversity, equity and inclusive recruitment practices between corporate and government efforts to commit commitment to the diversity of the National Football League.
Leach is one of the four African American presidents of the NFL teams.
“I think all of us have been hired in the last three to four years,” Litch told CNBC Sport from Radio Ro in New Orleans before Super Bowl 59. “So I think the progress made by the League is very tremendous.”
Danver Bronx held a press conference on August 29, 2022 to present the team president Damani Leach at the Team Auditorium of Uchealth Training Center in Centennial, Colorado.
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Earlier this week, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodll Lining The inclusive recruitment practices of the league, such as Roney Rule, a policy set up in 2003, in which teams need to interview minority candidates for some coaching and executive positions.
“I think we have proved ourselves that it improves NFL,” Goodll Said this week“We are not in it because it is a tendency to get into it or has a tendency to get out. Our efforts are fundamental in trying to attract the best possible talent in the National Football League and both are out of the field.”
Leachs echoed the commissioner’s approach. He joined bronchos after spending three years as the Chief Operating Officer of NFL International from 2019 to 2022.
“I see diversity as a weapon,” said Lach. “I think you are trying to get the best talent in the room, whether it is on the field or out of the field. And those who do not do this, I think they will do it at your expense. Looks like for us, we try to get the best talent, even where you are.
Leach comments come as a series of major corporations Roll back their DI hiring practices. Last month, Trump administration also Guided All federal Dei Many people are kept on payment leave to the staff before losing their jobs.
