Biden says NFL hasn't lived up to commitment to hire Black head coaches during Super Bowl interview

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President Biden weighed into the controversy surrounding diversity in the NFL’s coaching ranks in an interview that aired Sunday, saying the league has not lived up to the standard it committed to in hiring more Black or minority head coaches.

Biden specifically echoed comments made by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday, who contended that the NFL "won't tolerate discrimination."

"The commissioner pointed out, they haven't lived up to what they committed to. They haven’t lived up to being open about hiring more minorities to run teams," Biden said in the interview with NBC News anchor Lester Holt. "Goodell says they're gonna take a look at whether they can meet the standard. And the standard was set by someone who said this is something we should do."

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Biden said the NFL, because of its broad influence, should be held to a "reasonable standard," when it comes to diversity issues.  

Roughly 70% of players in the NFL are people of color, though Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers is currently the only Black head coach in the league. 

Ron Rivera of the Washington Commanders and Robert Saleh of the New York Jets are the other minority head coaches in the NFL. Rivera’s parents were Puerto Rican and Mexican and Saleh is of Lebanese descent and a practicing Muslim.

"Think about it. The whole idea that a league that is made up of so many athletes of color, as well as so diverse, that