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The only way for the NFL to straighten out its hiring practices and make for a more inclusive proce s for head-coaching and executive positions is for the owners to change their thinking, Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier told NBC last week.Speaking out on the league's distinct lack of minorities other than on the playing field, Frazier said on Meet the Pre s Reports that "there has to be a ma sive change of heart with ownership in order for this to be rectified, because at the end of the day Tyler Anderson Jersey , it's only the owners that can change this. Its not the Commi sioner, its not committees. Its the decision makers."Almost all those decision makers are white and none are Black.Bills co-owner Kim Pegula, who is of Asian descent and was born in South Korea, and Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan, a Pakistani-American, represent the only minorities among NFL ownership.Only three of the league's 32 head coaches Pittsburgh's Mike Tomlin, Tampa Bay's Todd Jon Gray Jersey Bowles and Houston's Lovie Smith are Black. Just two more, the New York Jets' Robert Saleh (Lebanese-American) and the Miami Dolphins' Mike McDaniel, who identifies as biracial, are cla sified as minorities.In the history of the league, only 25 Black men have ever been a head coach.Two of them, former coaches Tony Dungy Trevor Story Jersey and Hue Jackson, also were interviewed for the program.Scroll to ContinueDungy suggested the players need to hold the people who sign their checks accountable."Those African-American players go in and say, `Hey Mr. Owner, you need to do a thorough search and you need to consider strongly these African-American coaches ... not telling you who to hire, but if you dont consider them, then I dont want to play here.' Thats going to get the owners attention," Dungy said.The NFL last month did amend the Rooney Rule, which previously required only that teamsinterview at least two Chris Rusin Jersey minority candidates for all head-coaching and senior football operations openings, to also make sure every team employs at least one minority or woman offensive a sistant coach.This was in response to the growing trend of almost all head-coaching jobs going to coaches coming from offense.RELATED: "It's a recognition that at the moment, when you look at stepping stones for a head coach, they are the coordinator positions," said Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II, chairman of the NFL Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, via ESPN. But until owners start looking in the mirror and see people of color staring back at them, hiring reform likely will continue at the same glacial pace.ALSO READ: ALSO Blank Jersey READ: ALSO READ: