by David Furritus

Created on: January 04, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

I would have to say no. Right now the only head coaches I see are either white or African American. There's obviously a problem here.

Last year was a slap in the face of the often-forgotten minorities when two African American head coaches squared off in the Superbowl. It was pleasant to see Lovey Smith and Tony Dungy coaching their teams in the biggest game of the year, but it'd obviously not enough.

Where are the Asian head coaches? Where are the Indian or Middle Eastern coaches? I believe that something is wrong here. How about a female head coach? We've already seen how good females are as sportscasters so we know that they do know a lot about sports - heck, my wife could coach better than half of these losers I see taking their teams 3-13 every year.

Whatever happened to equality? Football is the one sport that America can still call its own. The one thing that America is known for is diversity. When we only show black and white head coaches we're sending a message to the rest of the world that we don't care about the other races and that perhaps we do deserve the scorn of other nations.

I can't even count how many times I've seen a young Asian fan of Football watching a game thinking "one day, I'd like to coach Detroit to a Superbowl victory!", but he then looks at all of the head coaches and realizes that it won't happen because of the huge racial bias against him. He's expected to be better at math and science - not at sports.

It's time we end this rampant racism and make Football a truly diverse sport!

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