Tanking, fraud, racism, sexual harassment: NFL's very bad Super Bowl bye week

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🗓️ 4 February 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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In under a week and a half, the NFL will crown its next Super Bowl champion in the Cincinnati Bengals or the Los Angeles Rams, what should be a celebratory occasion marking the end of another successful season. In the meantime, the NFL is mired in one of its worst PR disasters in recent memory.Charles Robinson welcomes Yahoo Sports' Dan Wetzel and Liz Loza onto the podcast to discuss the week's two largest stories, where allegations of racism, fraud & sexual harassment serve as a painful reminder of the league's historical inability to generate meaningful positive change around these issues.First, the crew dials in on the Washington Commanders, whose nominal refresh on Wednesday was thoroughly overshadowed on Thursday by new allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct and a congressional hearing on the franchises countless abuses. (8:00)Later, Charles, Dan & Liz dive into former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores filing a class action suit against the league and multiple teams alleging discriminatory hiring practices and competition-underming fraud on the part of owner Stephen Ross. The suit opens a can of worms for the team that could cost the league millions and may even force the likes of Ross and other owners to sell off their teams. (23:00)If you can believe it, Tom Brady also retired this week. I know, it feels like it was a month ago. The group chats about what's next from an on-field perspective with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and why the team may look very different in 2022 and beyond. (58:30)Stay up to date with the latest NFL news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsNFL.Follow Charles @CharlesRobinsonPlease support Terez Paylor's legacy:• Buy an All-Juice Team hoodie or tee from BreakingT.com/Terez. All profits directly fund the Terez A. Paylor scholarship at Howard University.• Donate directly at giving.howard.edu/givenow. Under “Tribute,” please note that your gift is made in memory of Terez A. Paylor. Under “Designation,” click on “Other” and write in “Terez A. Paylor Scholarship.”• Donate directly to the PowerMizzou Journalism Alumni Scholarship in memory of Terez PaylorCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at yahoosports.com/podcasts See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	Five years ago this month, William Stephen Belichick was entered as a possible material witness
0:06.8	in the Air and Hernandez double murder trial.
0:09.6	Ultimately, those proceedings came and went without the New England Patriots head coach
0:13.5	being called for testimony.
0:15.0	But if you're listening to Brian Flores right now, things could go far differently in the
0:19.3	class action suit filed by the former Miami Dolphins head coach.
0:23.8	Because the more Flores speaks, the more he appears to point to Belichick being a significant
0:28.2	witness, and possibly even a participant in some of the systemic problems plaguing
0:33.1	the NFL's hiring process.
0:34.8	That's what Flores suggested this week on the National Public Radio Podcast, The Limits,
0:40.2	a notion that when a little further beyond Belichick's text messages being included as
0:44.7	an exhibit in the lawsuit.
0:46.3	If you're not familiar with those texts, Belichick mistakenly texted Flores what appeared
0:51.4	to be congratulations on getting the New York Giants head coaching job.
0:55.6	The only problem Belichick thought he was speaking to Brian Debal, the Buffalo Bill's
0:59.7	offensive coordinator, and not Brian Flores, who had yet to even have his interview for
1:04.7	that very same Giants job.
1:06.9	A fairly expansive lawsuit was filed this week in the wake of that interaction, firing off
1:11.6	what amounts to three major allegations.
1:14.4	First, overall systemic racial discrimination against black NFL coaches.
1:19.6	Second, Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross allegedly incentivizing tanking by offering
1:25.4	Flores $100,000 for each loss he accrued in 2019.
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