Scheme to encourage BAME coaches to launch in EFL next season
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Kick it Out say it is ‘useful step’ not ‘giant leap needed’
Premier League and PFA to fund work placements
A scheme for developing black and minority ethnic coaches will launch in the English Football League next season but is not the “giant leap” needed to transform the game, campaigners have warned.
The Premier League and Professional Footballers’ Association have agreed to fund a bursary that would allow six BAME players to take up two-year “intensive work placements” at EFL clubs, a move intended to help transition players to management and resolve the longstanding and systemic absence of black coaches. Continue reading...