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NEW ORLEANS -- Brandin Cooks pulled out his arrow -- but the NFL stopped him from shooting it.The New Orleans Saints receiver abbreviated his signature bow-and-arrow touchdown celebration Sunday after an 87-yard touchdown catch against the Carolina Panthers, thanks to the NFLs recent crackdown on the move. Instead, Cooks knelt to the ground, kissed his hands and raised them to the sky.Cooks says he has used the bow-and-arrow touchdown celebration as a show of faith to God, based on a pair of Bible passages. He has also adopted the nickname, The Archer.But the NFL outlawed the bow-and-arrow celebration when it penalized and fined Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman for using it two weeks ago, with the leagues head of officiating Dean Blandino explaining that it mimics a violent act.Cooks -- who has never been penalized or fined for the celebration, which he used twice earlier this year -- was irked by the NFLs policy. But he said he didnt want to hurt his team.Ive been doing it for three years now, and there was never a complaint about it, Cooks told the New Orleans Advocate. Now, all of a sudden, there is. It just reminds me that, its almost as if they try to take so much away from us, but for something like this, that means so much to someone that has nothing to do with violence, its frustrating.Ill definitely continue to speak my opinion about it, and if they have a problem with it, so be it.Cooks now has the two longest receptions in the NFL this year. He also caught a 98-yard touchdown pass against the Oakland Raiders in Week 1.According to ESPN Stats and Information, Cooks is the first player with multiple 85-yard touchdown catches in a season since DeSean Jackson and Mario Manningham in 2010.He finished the game with a career-high 173-yard outing on seven catches in the Saints 41-38 victory. Mitchell Marner Jersey . 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A group representing and advocating for minority coaches in college sports said Wednesday it was concerned that the football hiring season will pass without a single minority candidate filling an open position.The National Association for Coaching Equity and Development said colleges are not adhering to a pledge signed to address the dwindling numbers of minorities hired for coaching jobs.So far it appears that schools are not complying with their commitment, especially those at the highest level, NAFCED executive director Merritt Norvell said in a statement issued to The Associated Press. Its impossible for minority candidates to even get into the hiring process if there is no formal search for qualified candidates or a diversified pool of final candidates.The most recent racial and gender report card published in April by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport said that nearly 88 percent of coaches in the Football Bowl Subdivision schools were white. The number of minorities coaching football in the 2015 season went up from 14 to 16, but two of those men -- Charlie Strong at Texas and Darrell Hazell at Purdue -- were fired this season.Four of the 12 openings at FBS schools through Wednesday have been filled so far this season, all by white men.Norvell said some schools are circumventing laws in place that require them to consider minority candidates by labeling the positions as emergency hires.The end result is that at the highest levels of this business, presidents and athletics directors seem to have lost control of the coach search process to agents, search firms, and big money boosters, Norvell said. 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