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The Lone Woman in Miami (Updated)

You likely have seen the news that the NFL is upping its diversity and inclusion efforts for the 2022 season. The new rules are requiring its 32 teams to employ a "female or a member of an ethnic or racial minority" as an offensive assistant, the league said in a statement.

"In recent years, head coaches have predominantly had offensive backgrounds," the NFL said. "We believe this resolution will assist greatly in continuing to source and identify diverse candidates earlier in their career, providing pipeline depth and furthering developing the diverse offensive pipeline."

Maybe that same rule should be applied TV sports hires, which continues to be dominated by white men.

Hailey Sutton works as a Sports Reporter for NBC’s WTVJ in Miami and it appears that she is the only woman in the market doing sports.

She posted this tweet and if that doesn’t show you that this business has a diversity problem, I don’t know what does.

Update: A few people pointed out that Ruthie Polinsky also works in sports in Miami, but again, she is also at WTVJ.

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