With the seeming inability of Chiefs offensive coordinator coach Eric Bieniemy to find a head coaching job, some are saying the NFL is a league where black coaches cannot advance to the top jobs.
NFL Media reporter, Jim Trotter, for example, recently tweeted an anonymous quote he received from a black NFL coach who says that blacks are systematically denied coaching positions in pro football.
According to Trotter, an NFL assistant coach — “who happens to be black,” told him: “NFL has finally shown it’s not the place for black men to advance. It’s ridiculous, it’s disgusting. We can sell tickets and make plays, but we can’t lead.”
Trotter went on to lambast the league in a series of tweets.
Trotter is not the first to accuse the NFL of racism over its dearth of black coaches. On Tuesday, former ESPN host Jemele Hill also slammed the league over the issue.
Stephen A. Smith also echoed the sentiment claiming that blacks are “moving backward” in the NFL.
“We got a problem! This is some BS!” Smith said on Tuesday. “Ain’t no way around this! We’re moving in a reverse direction. Black men are not being treated fairly in the National Football League. Somebody’s gotta say it.”
Also, on Tuesday, the Washington Post jumped into the finger pointing with a Norman Chad op-ed insisting that the NFL needs to “fix” its lack of black coaches.
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