The president of Denver Broncos, Damani Leech, praised the commitment of the National Football League towards diversity in the efforts of companies and the government to reduce the practices of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Leech is one of the four African-American presidents of the NFL teams.
“I think we have all been hired in the past three to four years,” Leech at CNBC Sport Rad Row told New Orleans before the Super Bowl 59. “I think the progress that the League has made is quite great.”
The Denver Broncos held a press conference to present the president of the Damani Leech team in the auditorium of the Uchealth Training Center team in Centennial, Colorado, on August 29, 2022.
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Earlier this week, the NFL Roger Goodell commissioner supported The inclusive hiring practices of the League, such as The Rooney Rule, a policy instituted in 2003 which obliges the teams to interview minority candidates in certain coach and management positions.
“I think we have proven to improve the NFL,” said Goodell said this week. “We are not there because it is a tendency to enter or a tendency to get out of it. Our efforts are fundamental to try to attract the best possible talents in the National Football League on and off the field.”
Leech echoes the commissioner's points of view. He joined the Broncos after spending three years as chief of the NFL International operation from 2019 to 2022.
“I consider diversity as a weapon,” said Leech. “I think you are trying to get the best talent in the room, whether in the field or out of the field. And people who don't do that, I think they will do it at their expense. I think that for us, we are trying to get the best possible talent, whatever your place of league.
Leech's comments are a range of large companies Rack up their Dei job practices. Last month, the Trump administration too directed all federals Of the The staff must be put on paid leave before many lose their jobs.
