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Campaigners reiterate call for Rooney Rule

JUST 4.6 per cent of senior coaching positions at professional football clubs are held by people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, a report from the Sports People’s Think Tank (SPTT) revealed yesterday.

The think tank said the continued under-representation of BAME coaches enforced the need for a Rooney Rule for the English game.

Loughborough University’s Dr Steven Bradbury found that, as of September 1, just 22 out of 482 (4.6 per cent) of senior coaching positions at professional clubs are filled by BAME coaches.

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