Added women to the language of the Rooney Rule at all levels. It will now read that women and/or people of color can satisfy the requirement to interview two external minorities for top positions, including head coach. Women are not required to be interviewed, but they are now included in the fulfillment process. It is possible that a team could interview two white women for an open head coach position to satisfy the Rooney Rule, and then make a hire without ever interviewing a person of color. But from a practical standpoint, Rooney said, that is unlikely.
Your title is not accurate :
How is the NFL supposed to know what a woman is, are they biologists?
This is true, thank you. I misunderstood the original ESPN title, didn't know what the Rooney rule meant.