The Rooney Rule: Challenging racism in Football Management
Wayne Rooney, maybe the greatest player in English History has been appointed the Derby County Manager. Without his Uefa A licence. Unqualified for the job. Now is a time as good as any to bring up the status of Black coaches in football. It's easy to make a stand against fans singing offensive songs, or chants, but putting black coaches in EARNED positions of authority has proven to be beyond this sport. While watching yet another unqualified coach take the reins at an established club, in the face of only 6 "non-white" managers out of 92 jobs in the football league, I am here to say the EFL and Premier League have failed black coaches. The current system disadvantages potential black managers, both young and old and its time for a radical change. In the Black Lives Matter era we are living in, a major shake-up in the recruitment process for football managers would show an actual positive change instead of the posturing for camera's that is currently being done. I&