Former Dolphins coach Brian Flores sues NFL and its teams for discrimination
Brian Flores, the former coach of the Miami Dolphins, filed a lawsuit against the NFL and all of its teams, accusing them of discrimination.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. It accuses the league and its teams of “unlawful discriminatory actions.” It cites examples involving the New York Giants, Denver Broncos and the Dolphins but also lists 29 other “John Doe teams” as defendants.
“Even when Black candidates get hired for Head Coaching positions, a rarity, they are discriminated against in connection with the terms and conditions of their employment and compensation and terminated even as far less successful white Head Coaches are retained,” the lawsuit says. “Moreover, Black Head Coaches are far less likely than white Head Coaches to receive second chances even as white Head Coaches are routinely hired by Teams even after they fail elsewhere.”
Flores was fired by the Dolphins after his second straight winning season. He was one of three Black head coaches in the NFL this season. There is now one Black head coach, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Mike Tomlin, after the firings of Flores by the Dolphins and David Culley by the Houston Texans.
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