Ian Cunningham on diversity in hiring: "There's still work to be done"
The NFL is struggling to balance the P. R. and legal realities of diversity in key positions with a potential political assault from those who regard the three-letter "DEI' acronym as a four-letter word.
Through it all, the results speak for themselves. Exhibit A? The 2026 photo of the NFL’s head coaches .
Exhibit B? The 2026 photo of the NFL’s General Managers . Falcons G.
M. Ian Cunningham, whose promotion from assistant G. M.
in Chicago somehow didn't result in the Bears receiving a pair of third-round compensatory picks, addressed the situation on Monday, in comments to David Brandt of the Associated Press. “Just from my position, especially being a Black man, there’s still work to be done ,” Cunningham told Brandt. “Now that I’m in this position and have this platform, I’m going to be intentional about what we do from a grassroots effort to a director level.