Major League Soccer Amends Its 'Rooney Rule'

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Major League Soccer announced a significant overhaul of its 2007 diversity, equity and inclusion hiring policy for sporting positions on Tuesday.

As reported by ESPN U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle, the changes to the league's so-called Rooney Rule — a name borrowed from the NFL's minority hiring initiative — are intended to increase the policy's efficacy, add a specific focus on the hiring of Black candidates and strengthen the policy's enforcement mechanisms.

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