Hi there. I'm Chuck Todd, and welcome to another episode of Meet the Press report.

It was among the most surprising comebacks in football of the 2021 season.

After losing seven of the first eight contests, the Miami Dolphins won

eight of their last nine games and almost made the playoffs. So what happened next was even more

surprising. Brian Flores, the coach behind this resilient season and one of only two black

coaches in the NFL and three years of success, actually, at Miami

of overperforming, he was fired.

And then in his search for a new coaching position that many thought would be a no-brainer,

an interview that Flores called a sham led him to decide to sue the league and the dolphins

for discrimination.

That lawsuit later joined by other black coaches

has forced the country to ask an uncomfortable question about its most popular sport.

Does football have a race problem? NBC News correspondent Blaine Alexander takes a deep dive

into this issue.

Got it. Touchdown. For decades, it's dominated our Sundays.

The National Football League, a multi-billion dollar industry with legions of fans, endless

influence, week after week, leaving millions mesmerized by the action on the grid island.

But in recent years, there has been growing debate over a different kind of action on the

sidelines.

Colin Kaepernick, 49ers quarterback has refused to stand. The kneeling, the protests, and the backlash.

Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. He's fired. All of it placing a growing spotlight

on race in the nation's most profitable professional

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