The best man for the job

Danthus · 7 Sep 2011 at 18:32

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...ay-be-forced-to-shortlist-black-managers.html

Since Paul Ince left Notts County in April, only two of the 92 English league teams have black managers, Chris Powell at Charlton and Birmingham's Chris Hughton.

Discussions with the men who brought about the implementation of the 'Rooney Rule' in the United States, credited with getting the NFL to a position where two black coaches faced each other in last season's Super Bowl, are at an early stage, with further talks are planned.

Gordon Taylor, the PFA chief executive, feels it is an avenue that has to be explored.

"In football terms, we are the most cosmopolitan country in the world," said Taylor. "There is no distinction between colour, creed, nationality or background.

"However, the PFA spends a lot of money training players for the future and understandably, one of the most obvious areas of interest is coaching and management. For some reason the number of black people who actually get a chance in this area is very small."

Then why the need to force clubs to short list black people?

regulus · 7 Sep 2011 at 18:34

Dunno. Ethnics always need the help?

Azza · 7 Sep 2011 at 18:36

"However, the PFA spends a lot of money training players for the future and understandably, one of the most obvious areas of interest is coaching and management. For some reason the number of black people who actually get a chance in this area is very small."

lol what? Coaching qualifications are there for everyone to do, including ex-players. Everyone gets the same chance.

DAnDan · 7 Sep 2011 at 18:37

Positive discrimination is still discrimination, and is equally wrong, but for some reason it seems to be acceptable today. :S

scorza · 7 Sep 2011 at 18:39

Azza said:
lol what? Coaching qualifications are there for everyone to do, including ex-players. Everyone gets the same chance.

Yeah right, how come we often hear about managers getting jobs at top English clubs without the proper coaching certificates? Discrimination is alive and well in the UK employment industry. I'd like to see quotas on the number of British workers employed in UK companies too.

Azza · 7 Sep 2011 at 18:44

scorza said:
Yeah right, how come we often hear about managers getting jobs at top English clubs without the proper coaching certificates? Discrimination is alive and well in the UK employment industry. I'd like to see quotas on the number of British workers employed in UK companies too.

Only a few cases has that happened. One of them was Paul Ince by the way.