About: http://data.cimple.eu/news-article/06bb4904b5a10245c0719b20b491737653ac5cc402d7013a5556e42a     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : schema:NewsArticle, within Data Space : data.cimple.eu associated with source document(s)

AttributesValues
rdf:type
schema:articleBody
  • Chris Doyle has resigned as director of sports performance for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars after renewed attention to accusations of racism and bullying of players in his prior job. A Friday night statement from Jaguars coach Urban Meyer and team general manager Trent Baalke announced the move, which came only a day after new coach Meyer announced Doyle would be on his staff. "Chris Doyle came to us this evening to submit his resignation and we have accepted," the statement said. "Chris did not want to be a distraction to what we are building in Jacksonville. "We are responsible for all aspects of our program and, in retrospect, should have given greater consideration to how his appointment may have affected all involved. We wish him the best as he moves forward in his career." Doyle worked as a strength an conditioning coach for the University of Iowa football team for nearly two decades but departed last June after numerous former players spoke out about his treatment of players. Meyer defended his friend Doyle on Thursday when asked about the accusations, saying the Jaguars "did a very good job vetting" Doyle and saying he was "very confident" there would not be any issues with Doyle on the Jaguars. The Fritz Pollard Alliance, a foundation championing NFL diversity named for the league's first black head coach, came out strongly against Doyle's hiring Friday in a statement titled "A Failure of Leadership by The Jacksonville Jaguars" opposing the move. "At a time when the NFL has failed to solve its problem with racial hiring practices, it is simply unacceptable to welcome Chris Doyle into the ranks of NFL coaches," Alliance executive director Rod Graves said. "Doyle's departure from the University of Iowa reflected a tenure riddled with poor judgment and mistreatment of black players. His conduct should be as disqualifying for the NFL as it was for University of Iowa." Graves also took issue with Meyer's defense of Doyle. "Urban Meyer's statement, 'I've known Chris for close to 20 years', reflects the good ol' boy network that is precisely the reason there is such a disparity in employment opportunities for black coaches." js/pb
schema:headline
  • Doyle resigns from NFL Jaguars after racism accusations
schema:mentions
schema:author
schema:datePublished
http://data.cimple...sPoliticalLeaning
http://data.cimple...logy#hasSentiment
http://data.cimple...readability_score
http://data.cimple...tology#hasEmotion
Faceted Search & Find service v1.16.115 as of Oct 09 2023


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3238 as of Jul 16 2024, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-musl), Single-Server Edition (126 GB total memory, 11 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2025 OpenLink Software