# Examining Equity and Opportunity in NFL Coaching Searches Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-business-428702/examining-equity-and-opportunity-in-nfl-coaching-searches Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-business-428702/examining-equity-and-opportunity-in-nfl-coaching-searches.md Podcast: [This Week in Business](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-business-428702) Published: 2026-06-05T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/this-week-in-business/examining-equity-and-opportunity-in-nfl-coaching-searches/ Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ab54c70bb6ddf45527e06b1/e/6a22075a14e465e5ce85312b/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-business-428702/episodes/examining-equity-and-opportunity-in-nfl-coaching-searches Duration seconds: 809 ## Resource Ken Shropshire, Wharton Emeritus Prof. of Legal Studies & Business Ethics and Strategic Advisor to 76 Capital, examines the NFL’s history of racial equity in hiring, assess the successes and shortcomings of the Rooney Rule, and explore how Brian Flores’ discrimination lawsuit could influence the future of coaching opportunities and hiring practices across the league. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-business-428702/episodes/examining-equity-and-opportunity-in-nfl-coaching-searches/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-business-428702/examining-equity-and-opportunity-in-nfl-coaching-searches.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.