Oh, someone’s about to get all up in the face of somebody and sue their ass (HT: EDSBS).

Looks like someone over in Washington wants to spend some time doing that most American of pasttimes: Consume Saturated Fats Litigate. And this time, it’s personal. Ok. Not personal, but clearly someone’s feelings are hurt, and since they’d rather not think about real causation, they’ll just blame it on a favorite scapegoat: racism.

CAPITOL HILL (AP) — There’s talk of lawsuits if more black head coaches aren’t hired in college football.

Richard Lapchick of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport says it’s pretty clear to him that embarrassment hasn’t been enough. He told a House hearing they’re pondering lawsuits under Title Seven.

Title Seven, which is part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, makes it illegal for employers to discriminate on the basis of race.

The head of the N-C-A-A told Congress that at the current rate, it will take some 80 years for the number of black head coaches in college football to approximate the percentage of the black population.

Currently, only six of the 119 Division I-A schools have black head football coaches. There are even fewer in the lower divisions.

Hmm, this leads to a fun mental exercise for our readers: From where do college football head coaches originate? A stork? Thin air? The hierarchy of the coaching ladder from grad-assistant/intern to coordinator? What could possibly make a mere mortal qualified to make the “jump” to a head coaching position? Hmmmm.

And after you’re done with that, here’s another exercise: Name all of the Division 1 college football programs that have a black offensive and defensive coordinator. I’ll name one to help get the ball rolling: Notre Dame. Now, see which of the other, oh, I’d guess, 6 programs are in the same boat.

Then tell me why that is. Is it racism? Perhaps. And if so, then action needs to be taken to eliminate the problem. But I’ve got a hunch that it’s far more complicated than that.
Ready, Go!

Bert and Ernie: Huge fans of mental exercise.

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