Brian Flores v. The National Football League
The Lead
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🗓️ 4 February 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The NFL's diversity problems are back in the spotlight this week, after former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores filed a major lawsuit against the league, claiming discrimination in its hiring practices. The suit contains a number of explosive allegations, including claims that he was offered "sham" head coach interviews by both the New York Giants and Denver Broncos, so that those teams could be in compliance with the Rooney Rule (which requires NFL teams to interview at least one minority candidate for head coaching positions and other high-level vacancies). The suit also claims that Flores was pressured by Dolphins owner Stephen Ross to intentionally lose games, with Flores allegedly offered $100,000 for each loss. Stephen Holder, Senior Writer for The Athletic, gives us his views on the case, and Alicia Jessop, an attorney and Associate Professor at Pepperdine University explains how the lawsuit could play out in the courts.
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| 0:46.0 | It is, you know, you're giving up, you're making some sacrifices, but this is again, this is bigger football, this is bigger than coaching. |
| 0:59.0 | That's former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores talking to ESPN on Wednesday after he filed an explosive lawsuit against the NFL, |
| 1:09.0 | alleging racial discrimination in its hiring practices. |
| 1:13.0 | Today, the Athletics Steven Holder, who has covered the NFL for nearly 20 years, explains why this case is so monumental. |
| 1:23.0 | Then, Professor and Attorney Alicia Jessup takes us through why these kinds of lawsuits are so difficult to win, |
| 1:30.0 | but why this one has a chance. |
| 1:33.0 | From wandering in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky, it's Friday, February 4th, and this is the lead. |
| 1:44.0 | Steven Holder, welcome back to the lead. I think it's been what, four days since we last spoke? |
| 1:51.0 | Yeah, a whole four days, so we're back. Let's do it. |
| 1:54.0 | We are back. Well, when we talked on Sunday night, it was about the wildly entertaining conference championship games, |
| 1:59.0 | but today, we're here to talk about a much more serious matter, the class action lawsuit that has been filed against the NFL, |
| 2:07.0 | and three of its teams by former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores alleging racial discrimination in hiring. |
| 2:14.0 | Now, there's a lot of stuff to unpack here, but before we get into some of the specific allegations, |
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