Tony Dungy & His Letter to the NFL

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🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tony Dungy, Super Bowl winning Head Coach & NBC Analyst joins Andrew on this week's podcast. They discuss Tony's letter to the NFL about improving the head coach hiring process in the NFL specifically: The origin of the Rooney Rule 2:56 Tony's 1st head coach interview 7:26 The Steelers hiring process which led then to Mike Tomlin 10:48 Fixing the 'Sham' interviews 13:34 Tony's reaction to the Brian Flores Lawsuit 19:52 The flawed interview process 22:31 Connect with the Andrew Sports Business League: https://andrewbrandt.clickfunnels.com/sales Website: https://www.andrew-brandt.com Andrew’s Sunday Seven Newsletter: https://www.andrew-brandt.com/sunday-seven Twitter: @AndrewBrandt Instragram: @AndrewBrandt2 Clubhouse: @adb719 Twitch.tv/andrewbrandtlive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's wrong with Eric Vienimi?
0:02.0	Well, the word on the street is he doesn't interview well.
0:05.0	Well, did you know that last year he had five interviews in a three-day period during the playoffs?
0:13.0	And so we expect him to be up and on top of every detail and be polished and be ready and be just relaxed and energized.
0:22.6	Well, no, he's trying to win a Super Bowl.
0:24.6	Hey there, boys and girls. Welcome to the Business of Sports with Andrew Brandt.
0:28.6	We're presented as always by Draft Kings.
0:31.6	What a special edition I have for you.
0:33.6	There's so much in the news, the Brian Flores lawsuit, the lack of minority hiring
0:38.1	in the NFL, potentially racial bias. I saw a letter written Super Bowl Sunday by Tony
0:44.2	Dungey, the prominent voice in football broadcaster, former Super Bowl coach, just a real
0:52.7	thoughtful take on the NFL and especially the minority hiring.
0:56.5	He wrote a letter published this weekend to the NFL on a ways to do it better. I called him.
1:02.1	He said he'd be happy to come on. So he's going to be with us.
1:06.5	Going to get right to it without further ado, my friend, someone I think is one of the most thoughtful
1:11.9	voices on the NFL and NFL business, the prominent, the eminent, Tony Dungey. Tony, welcome to the
1:18.2	business of sports.
1:19.6	Hey, thank you, Andrew. Good to be with you. And I certainly enjoy reading your material and listening.
1:25.8	So it's an honor to be on with you. I think the last time
1:29.7	we saw each other in person was the last Super Bowl that was a real in-person Super Bowl.
1:35.0	We were walking on that boardwalk down in Miami. It was great. I came to see a friend in the
1:40.5	boardwalk of Miami and there he is. And we took a nice walk. I really appreciate it. That
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