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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is well aware of the lawsuit Brian Flores filed against the NFL and its teams. According to him, the hiring practices of the NFL are just “one of many” areas the league needs to work on.
Jones had this to say about Flores' allegations of racism in NFL hiring practices, courtesy of USA Today:
“I can see it’s an area, one of many, that we can do better…The area has some good attention. This is obvious if you look through that that the league and coaches are trying to improve there.”
USA Today reports that Jones said this at Senior Bowl practice on Wednesday, standing in the hallway behind his suite at the arena in Mobile, Alabama. It was the second day of practice before the 2022 Senior Bowl, which is Saturday at Hancock Whitney Stadium at the University of South Alabama.
Jones has been the owner, general manager, and president of the Cowboys since 1989. This means that Jones worked in the NFL for 14 years before the Rooney Rule was adopted by the league.
According to NFL Communications, “the Rooney Rule is an NFL policy requiring every team with a head coaching vacancy to interview at least one or more diverse candidates.” The rule was expanded to include general manager jobs and equivalent front-office positions in 2009.
For longtime NFL owners like Jones to understand the weight of the issue Flores brought up is a huge step for change and diversity equity in the league. The Cowboys owner is just one of many NFL owners that have the power to work against racism in hiring going forward.
