Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has accused the NFL of civil rights violations due to its race-based hiring policies. He specifically highlighted the league's "Rooney Rule," which requires teams to interview at least two "minority and/or female" candidates for any general manager or head coaching position, and mandates that all teams employ a female or minority coach as an offensive assistant. In response to these policies, he invoked the Florida Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of factors like race and sex. He also demanded that the NFL would no longer enforce the Rooney Rule on teams in Florida and could face civil rights enforcement action.