Fritz Pollard group initiates inquiry into Colts’ Jeff Saturday rent

The Fritz Pollard Alliance, a company whose mission is to champion variety within the NFL, needs to take a more in-depth take a look at the Indianapolis Colts’ hiring of interim head coach Jeff Saturday.

The group launched a press release Thursday stating, “In gentle of the latest interim head teaching rent in Indianapolis, the FPA has initiated an inquiry with the NFL into whether or not this hiring course of conformed with NFL Hiring Tips for naming an interim Head Coach.”

League spokesman Brian McCarthy advised ESPN after Saturday was named to the place on Nov. 7 that interim head coach appointments should not topic to the Rooney Rule, which requires NFL groups to interview at the very least two minority candidates for head-coaching positions. McCarthy mentioned the workforce could be required to conduct a search that’s compliant with the Rooney Rule after the season when looking for to make a everlasting rent.

It is unclear what particular pointers are in query. A message left for FPA director Rod Graves was not instantly returned.

Colts proprietor Jim Irsay, who in 2002 employed Tony Dungy — the primary Black coach to win a Tremendous Bowl — mentioned after hiring Saturday, “On the finish of the season, there will probably be a full means of reviewing everlasting head coach, which we could have an interview course of for and go from there. That is for eight video games and hopefully extra.”

He later replied to a reporter’s query by saying, “There isn’t a downside or notion, besides a few of you guys make it an issue or notion.”