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The Rooney rule is often mis represented, and often by the gutter press. it does not say that there must be quotas for minority managers all it states is that if a minority candidate applies for a senior management or coaching job a certain percentage of them must be interviewed , in no way does it say that any of them should be hired , just interviewed.
and if you read the article ,Powell does not say that english football should have the Rooney rule , he just says that the FA should be doing more to help minority coaches.
this is also not a new stance for him , hes been heavily involved in the kick it out campaign for a very long time its just the news people are now reporting on it because hes got a managers job again
and i think he has a right to make an issue of it because racism is a huge issue in football right now where the authorities are doing very little to curb it. its ok to say " well racism will happen " yes it will but it shouldn't and maybe the list of black managers is underwhelming because many very good candidates who could have done very well have not been given chances they have earned because they are black
i am far from a fan of positive discrimination and sometimes it backfires in horrible ways but unfortunately institutional racism is so ingrained in society that it is a necessary evil, without it there would be almost no opportunities for minorities, let not forget the only reason Powell has a job now it because Robins walked off the job, if we'd have had a half decent start to the season Powell would still be unemployed