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The law firm America First Legal (AFL) filed a civil rights complaint against the San Francisco 49ers with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for alleged discriminatory employment practices.
The complaint, filed Tuesday, accuses the organization of engaging in “unlawful, race- and gender-based hiring and employment practices under the banner of ‘DEI.’
The complaint points to alleged demographically targeted hiring pipelines, racially limited employee resource groups and participation in minority-only coaching scholarships, arguing that the practices violate Title VII.
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“Sports is supposed to be the ultimate meritocracy where talent, skill and preparation determine success. The 49ers have abandoned that tradition, relying on race and gender instead of merit to determine winners and losers,” AFL adviser Will Scolinos told Pakinomist Digital.
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Pakinomist Digital has reached out to the 49ers for comment.
The AFL previously filed a similar complaint against the Los Angeles Dodgers for their hiring practices.
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The AFL’s Dodgers complaint alleges that the hiring practices of the team and its ownership group Guggenheim Partners are discriminatory because “even when using inclusive terminology” it is used “to segregate or classify employees or applicants for employment in ways that would deprive or tend to deprive individuals of employment, education or promotion because of their race, color, sex or national origin.”
Earlier this year, Chairman Donald Trump signed executive orders aimed at rolling back DEI initiatives, one of which includes directives to federal agencies to combat DEI in the private sector.
