Rooney Rule

Per Dave Robb in Deadline:

The NFL’s so-called “Rooney Rule” requires teams to interview minority candidates for head coach and other senior jobs. Named after Dan Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and chairman of the NFL’s diversity committee, it’s an affirmative action policy. ...

The DGA quietly has been prodding the film and TV industry to adopt a version of the Rooney Rule to expand opportunities for female and minority directors. ...

Jay Roth, the DGA’s national executive director, kept at it in the year leading up to the guild’s most recent contract talks. A knowledgeable industry source said the companies “were much more interested this time” but that when the guild sat down with management’s AMPTP in December to hammer out a new three-year contract, “The companies declined to discuss it for legal reasons.

The federal government’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been investigating Hollywood’s alleged discriminatory hiring practices since October 2015. The DGA declined comment and a spokesman for the AMPTP could not be reached for comment. ...

Why do I have this idea the EEOC investigation will soon be rolled up, packed into the back of a pickup truck, and driven back to D.C.? Why do I think the DGA won't be getting much of anywhere with this "Rooney Rule" thingie?

Movieland is largely a boy's club, and will largely remain a boy's club for the foreseeable* future. (On the other hand, the animation biz has a steadily rising percentage of women working in all segments of the industry. A good thing).

* "Foreseeable" herein defined as "the next four to eight years."