Arsene Wenger would not approve the introduction of the 'Rooney rule' to try and increase the number of black coaches and managers in the game. The initiative proved a success in America, where it was brought in by the National Football League to make sure qualified black coaches are on interview lists for job vacancies.
"I [have] always been against discrimination. Is it positive or negative? What they call it in France is 'positive discrimination'," said the Frenchman.
"I feel that no matter what job you do in life, you should just do it because you deserve to do it and you have the quality to do it.
"You have to favour access for everybody to manage in football. Just to put a quota out, for me is exactly against what sport has to be - sport is about competition and competence.
"That will have exactly the opposite effect [to] what it should have. You can say as well then, 'why do you leave him out?' He's better than the guy in his place. [It is] just because you have a quota'.
"It is again a kind of racism and what we have all to fight for is just competence, to put people who are good - are they white, black, red, no matter what colour - just put guys who have a competence in charge, and we have to fight for that."
