Best man for the job.

[Danthus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17161074

Professional Footballers' Association chief Gordon Taylor has called for the 'Rooney rule' to be introduced to English football.

Under the regulation in American football, NFL clubs must shortlist at least one minority candidate when appointing a manager.

Taylor has welcomed Terry Connor's appointment as Wolves manager, but wants English football to do more.

"We need to keep this moving forward," Taylor said.

"We hope that there will be an opportunity to have the Rooney rule introduced at Football League level initially."

i have never had much time for Taylor, what is wrong with best person * for the job?







* Person, to avoid claims of being sexist.

 

[Danthus]

Is there not a 'football' section anymore?

Anyway, to answer the question regardless of the colour of an appliant the 'best' man will get the job anyway.....and lose it after half a dozen defeats.....unless he is Arsene Wenger.

Whoops, got two tabs open.

 

[Danthus]

if you look at the ethic make up of players no one suggest that everyone doesn't get a fair crack of the whip.

If you look at managers, Ince failed in the Premier League not because of his skin colour but because Blackburn were a poor team. He was successful lower down and earned his way up the ladder.

 

[Danthus]

It seems like it is which makes it somewhat analoguous to guaranteed interviews for disabled people in terms of operation. It doesn't seem to say that you must employ a minority, merely that if they meet the criteria then they must be interviewed. It's something that I struggle to get all that worked up over - if they're the best person for the job then they should get it, if they're not then it doesn't really matter whether they're interviewed or not as they won't get the job all other things being equal.

How does shortlisting a person purely because of the colour of their skin help?

 

[Danthus]

It irritates the life out of me. Its discrimination against a majority and why should that be right when discrimination against a minority is wrong? It's nonesense and a disgrace.

To be honest they shouldn't even ask for peoples name, race, sex, religion, age or anything on an application. Just their qualifications and people then get interviews purely on merit.

GOAL !!!!!!!!!!!