US EditionFlorida Attorney General Demands NFL End Rooney Rule Enforcement by May 1
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says the NFL's Rooney Rule violates state law by mandating race- and sex-based hiring practices and demands cessation by May 1 or faces enforcement.
- On Wednesday, March 25, 2026, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier demanded NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell cease enforcing the Rooney Rule in Florida by May 1, 2026, or face civil rights enforcement actions.
- Adopted in 2003, the Rooney Rule requires NFL teams to interview minority candidates for head coaching and senior executive positions; Uthmeier argues the policy violates the Florida Civil Rights Act by mandating race-based hiring decisions.
- Uthmeier also challenged the Coach & Front Office Accelerator program and compensatory draft picks rewarding teams that develop minority talent hired elsewhere, calling these policies 'blatant race and sex discrimination.'
- The demand places the Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Jacksonville Jaguars at the center of potential legal disputes, with Uthmeier copying the letter to the Department of Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission .
- This legal challenge emerges as NFL owners prepare for the Annual League Meeting in Phoenix from March 29 to April 1, while Commissioner Roger Goodell previously acknowledged the league must re-evaluate its diversity programs.
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Florida AG Uthmeier tells NFL to end diversity-promoting ‘Rooney Rule’
“The Rooney Rule and its offshoots are illegal in Florida,” Uthmeier wrote to the league. “Therefore, please confirm no later than May 1, 2026, that the NFL will no longer enforce the Rooney Rule."
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