“I was happy at the Premier League and had just been promoted, but the scope of this role was just too big to turn down,” he says. Until Rooney’s diversity committee came up with the Rooney rule in 2003, those candidates were almost always white. 38?BSTAn Arizona teenager will become the first woman to play college football on a scholarship at the Division II level or higher. The Rapids remain rooted the bottom of the league table, albeit with a game in hand.