Yes and no. The Rooney Rule is not perfect. For one thing, a single minority candidate in a finalist pool isn’t enough. For another, the rule is more about manufacturing diversity than organically attracting diverse candidate pools. And for another, it hasn’t always worked. (The NFL peaked with eight ethnic minority head coaches out of 32 in 2011 but has backslid since.) However, the rule has done a good job of raising awareness about the lack of diversity in leadership. Not just in the NFL, but in business as well.