Denver Broncos President Damani Leech praised the National Football League’s commitment to diversity amid corporate and government efforts to reduce diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices.
Leech is one of four African American presidents of NFL teams.
“I think we’ve all been hired in the last three to four years,” Leech told CNBC Sport from Radio Row in New Orleans ahead of Super Bowl 59. “So I think the progress that the league has made there is pretty tremendous.”
The Denver Broncos held a press conference to introduce team president Damani Leech in the team auditorium of UCHealth Training Center in Centennial, Colorado, on Aug. 29, 2022.
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Earlier this week, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell backed the league’s inclusive hiring practices, such as the Rooney Rule, a policy instituted in 2003 that requires teams to interview minority candidates for certain coaching and…
