(WATCH) Fox Analyst Calls NFL ‘Disgusting’ And ‘Inexplicably Wrong’ For Only Having One Black Coach (VIDEO)
Fox News’ Skip Bayless ripped into the NFL on Friday morning during his show ‘Undisputed’.
The day before the Houston Texans fired their head coach David Culley after one season. The Texans only had four wins this season.
Bayless said this on his show: “It dawned upon me that only Mike Tomlin is the last man standing. The last Black head coach in the National Football League on the eve of the playoffs. It rocked me. Because the gravity of it hit me as we near yet another Martin Luther King Day on Monday.”
“There are 14 Black head coaches in the NBA out of 30 franchises. That’s almost 50 percent. I think you would say that’s pretty great, that’s how it should be…there’s one of 32 in the National Football League.”
Bayless added, “At the coaching position, just the head coaching position, it is shameful, it is disgusting, it is embarrassing and it is inexplicably wrong.”
Last year, the NBA received similar criticism since seven of the league’s 30 teams had Black head coaches. Following the backlash, now 14 teams have Black head coaches.
Currently, the NFL has seven open head coaching spots which critics are hoping will be filled by Black coaches. Nearly 60 percent of the NFL is Black and these critics believe more Black coaches ensure players are represented better.
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