g the Rooney rule, under which NFL teams are required to interview minority candidates for coaching and front-office positions. In 2001 they were back in the AFC championship game and Super Bowl champions again after the 2005 season. are black or white,” John Wooten, the chairman of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, a group dedicated to making teams aware of top black coaching candidates, told the Guardian in January. But the Rooneys didn’t panic, and Pittsburgh drafted Bradshaw with the top overall pick in 1970.