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Color in Coaching: How racial games are played in the NFL.(National Football League)

National Review

| September 01, 2003 | NORDLINGER, JAY | COPYRIGHT 2003 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

It's a bizarre tale, and a very American tale. In fact, in 2003, it's practically unsurprising: Race is on the rampage, bedeviling the country in manifold ways.

In the last week of July, the National Football League fined Matt Millen, president of the Detroit Lions, $200,000. Why? Because he had hired the head coach he wanted-Steve Mariucci, who had been let go by the San Francisco 49ers-without interviewing any black candidates. He had tried: that is, the club had contacted five different black coaches, trying to get them to participate in some sort of interview. But none of those men would agree, because the job was Mariucci's: It was a foregone conclusion; ...

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