NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Monday he had no plans to scale back on diversity programs, after U.S. President Donald Trump called for similar initiatives to be dismantled within the federal government and urged private companies to do the same. Trump last month issued a sweeping executive order directing federal agencies to terminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and some private companies have ended or scaled back DEI initiatives, fearing a conservative backlash. Facing reporters in a wide-ranging media conference ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl in New Orleans, Goodell said the most popular professional league in the country had no interest in following suit. “I believe that our diversity efforts have led to making the NFL better…it's attracted better talent," said Goodell, speaking from the Caesars Superdome, where the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs will play the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday (February 9). “We think we're better when we get different perspectives