This rule is plain daft. It's similar to a rule that the Beeb introduced insisting there is one woman on each panel show. Many comediennes have turned down invites because they don't want to be seen as the token woman.
The next complaint will be that still too many white people are being employed - I would hope that people will be employed on merit rather than meeting some arbitrary quota and target. By the way, isn't it crazy that no women have ever managed a professional football club?
I'm not convinced that there are fewer black coaches because of rampant racism in the game.
I'd be interested in seeing concrete stats like - number of applicants, number of black/Asian applicants, number of each type invited for interview etc etc. Are there any prospective black coaches/managers whi have applied for many jobs without ever getting an interview?
I think it's important to know the facts before lauding this as anything more than a token gesture (designed to deflect the issue in the women's game), and without such facts we can never know the effectiveness of the rule.
Talking of the women's game, Kelly smith said in September that she wanted or preferred a female to replace Sampson. Imagine if she said "a white". Or "A Welshman".
Positive discrimination is acceptable, but is it any more moral?