Keita Young has a job that she hopes will someday be obsolete.
“The end game is when there is not the need for DEI officers, but I think there is a long runway that I am on, and I am on the beginning of it, where people who are different or perceive themselves as different have that opportunity,” Young, the senior director for diversity, equity, and inclusion at FanDuel, told Sports Handle.
In the more than five years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act and made legal wagering a states’ rights issue, the industry has had many internal struggles, gone from being at odds with to partners with professional sports leagues, and is at once a new industry many are excited about and one that others want to tamp down.
