Pollard group initiates inquiry into Saturday hire

The Fritz Pollard Alliance, an enactment whose ngo is to champion diverseness successful the NFL, wants to instrumentality a person look astatine the Indianapolis Colts' hiring of interim caput manager Jeff Saturday.

The enactment released a connection Thursday reading, "In airy of the caller interim caput coaching prosecute successful Indianapolis, the FPA has initiated an enquiry with the NFL into whether this hiring process conformed with NFL Hiring Guidelines for naming an interim Head Coach."

League spokesperson Brian McCarthy told ESPN aft Saturday was named to the presumption connected Nov. 7 that interim caput manager appointments are not taxable to the Rooney Rule, which requires NFL teams to interrogation astatine slightest 2 number candidates for head-coaching positions. McCarthy said the squad volition beryllium required to behaviour a hunt that complies with the Rooney Rule aft the play erstwhile seeking to marque a imperishable hire.

It's unclear what circumstantial guidelines are successful question. A connection near for FPA manager Rod Graves was not instantly returned.

Colts proprietor Jim Irsay, who successful 2002 hired Tony Dungy -- the archetypal Black manager to triumph a Super Bowl -- said aft hiring Saturday, "At the extremity of the season, determination volition beryllium a afloat process of reviewing imperishable caput coach, which we volition person an interrogation process for and spell from there. This is for 8 games and hopefully more."

He aboriginal replied to a reporter's question by saying, "There is nary occupation oregon perception, but immoderate of you guys marque it a occupation oregon perception."