https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/dophins-owner-brian-flores-lose-games-bonus-stephen-ross-2019-01ftvh8cggjj

Brian Flores has filed a class action lawsuit against the NFL for its racial hiring practices. The former Miami Dolphins head coach has been joined by a group of other Black coaches in the suit. In it, Flores makes some incredibly eye-opening claims. One that stands out is an allegation that Dolphins owner Stephen Ross offered him bonuses to lose games and improve the team's draft position and was angry when the team kept winning.

The suit claims Ross offered Flores $100,000 for each game the team lost in 2019. The relevant section of the lawsuit is below:

In 2019, on the heels of his outstanding performance with the Patriots, Mr. Flores was offered the Miami Dolphins Head Coach position. By all accounts, Mr. Flores did a fantastic job in three seasons from 2019-2021. In his first year, Miami’s gutted roster won five games despite many experts predicting an 0-16 season and one of the worst teams in NFL history.

The Dolphins owner, Stephen Ross, was unhappy with this performance not because it was under-performing. To the contrary, Mr. Ross wanted the Mr. Flores to “tank” the season to put the team in position to secure the first pick in the draft. Indeed, during the 2019 season, Mr. Ross told Mr. Flores that he would pay him $100,000 for each game lost that year. Then, when the Dolphins started winning games, due in no small part to Mr. Flores’ coaching, Mr. Flores was told by the team’s General Manager, Chris Grier, that “Steve” was “mad” that Mr. Flores’ success in winning games that year was “compromising draft position.”

We all know tanking goes on, but the fact that Ross was willing to pay his coach $100,000 for each loss, then was upset when the team won, is absolutely insane. I have a feeling Mr. Ross will be getting a call from the NFL, then the league office will issue some kind of weak statement against tanking, then absolutely nothing will happen to address it.

TMZ: https://www.tmz.com/2022/02/01/coach-brian-flores-suing-nfl-and-ny-giants-claims-search-racist/

Brian Flores is going scorched earth on the NFL and New York Giants ... filing an explosive lawsuit where the former Dolphins head coach alleges the team's hiring practices were rooted in racism, and he claims a text from Bill Belichick proves it.

The 40-year-old coach filed the class action lawsuit in district court in New York on Tuesday ... and it's shocking.

Flores says he received a text from his former boss and Patriots head coach days before he interviewed with the Giants. During the conversation, Flores says BB congratulated him on landing the new gig.

BF was confused by the comment because he had yet to go in for his scheduled interview, and asked Bill if he had an inside track to their decision.

Belichick eventually admits he'd misread the information he received ... and tells Flores is was actually a different Brian -- Brian Daboll -- who got the Giants job.

Flores insists this is proof he was only brought in for an interview to satiisfy the Rooney Rule -- which requires teams to interview a minority candidate when a head coaching job opens up.

Brian is suing on the behalf of all prospective Black coaches and front office employees.

Flores is asking the court to fix the NFL's alleged discriminatory hiring practices, in addition to damages.

There's more ... Flores also accuses Dolphins owner Stephen Ross of offering to pay him $100K per loss -- in an effort to tank the season and get a better draft pick.

Flores says when he refused to play ball, he was labeled as being difficult to work with, and ultimately fired.

"This is reflective of an all too familiar “angry black man” stigma that is often casted upon Black men who are strong in their morals and convictions while white men are coined as passionate for those very same attributes," the lawsuit reads.

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The NFL has issued a statement in response to Brian Flores’ lawsuit, which alleges racism in the league’s hiring practices and takes aim at the Giants.

Here is the statement:

“The NFL and our clubs are deeply committed to ensuring equitable employment practices and continue to make progress in providing equitable opportunities throughout our organizations. Diversity is core to everything we do, and there are few issues on which our clubs and our internal leadership team spend more time. We will defend against these claims, which are without merit.”

The NFL’s Rooney Rule supposedly encourages the hiring of minority coach candidates. As part of the rule, teams must interview at least two external minority candidates for head coaching jobs, and at least one external minority candidate must get an in-person interview.

The Giants interviewed Flores once (in person) for their recent head coaching job, which went to Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, who is white.

Flores was one of three minority candidates the Giants interviewed. In addition to Flores, they also spoke to their own defensive coordinator, Patrick Graham, and Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier.

Graham got one in-person interview, though he doesn’t technically count toward complying with the Rooney Rule, because he is an internal candidate. Frazier got two interviews, including one in person.

In his suit, Flores — who was recently fired as the Dolphins’ head coach — claims that the Giants already knew they were going to hire Daboll before hosting Flores for a sham interview. The Giants issued a statement denying the claim.

CAUGHT ON TAPE: "Brian Flores is the "Bravest/Dumbest" for this."

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARNyyld-pSc

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Diversity is core to everything we do, and
>there are few issues on which our clubs and our internal
>leadership team spend more time.

DR DRE AND SNOOP IN THE SUPER BOWL Y'ALL!!!!

That Mike Tomlin should coach amateur football post is not going to age well either

Looking forward to that up page

smh..

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

he'll never win a championship in pittsburgh

sad

Same goes for Bosa too. Lol fat ben rothlisberger, mason rudolph and jimmy garappolo ...talk about amateur football.

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This isn’t your lane bro. Football in general clearly isnt

Also carry on about Jimmy G like any Niner fan was crowning him as the next Joe lmao

no one cares about your "credentials" "bro". You had to pay for college.

>Also carry on about Jimmy G like any Niner fan was crowning
>him as the next Joe lmao

*You* bought champagne, unscrewed the cap over a playoff game that wasnt the Superbowl, and celebrated.

LMAO, amateur.

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you're talking like he needs to go to a "better situation" sounds ... like something you would say.


You really should be on shaadi instead of okp these days.

How many water buffalo did your father have to give for your bride from the pind?

and I didnt say anything about the 49ers defensive unit. I commented about Garoppolo

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Guys like you get the leftovers bro

I can see the struggle you’ve had finding a girl who hates the Muslims and gays as much as you.

no one deserves to play for a championship just cause they went to your school or you like them as a player.

you sound goofy af

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

Don't think too hard.

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

You still root for Antonio Brown, and the QB that you rode for is a rapist

you got character issues.

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

....and you're still too stupid to understand.

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but I’m the emotional one?

lmao

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

dude sounds like a college booster when discussing the NFL.

its always the scrubs who have “high standards” when it comes to sports.

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

guru has been on my nuts.. lol.

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

guy hates all of the teams I root for because he dislikes me

That's why he's going so hard about ... Jimmy G and the Niners up top. And in every single playoff thread

but its obvious a few college fans on here take their team being hated on as a personal attack on their character.

especially buckeye fans.

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

You dont give a damn about black coaches/NFL hiring processes lol

this is sad, even for you.


stay focused.

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get off my dick bruh.. lol.

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

I got inboxes going back a decade from other Indian posters cringing over this guy's behavior.

People literally hoping he stops posting because of how obtuse he is.

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That was an .. educated guess.

No grown man our age still talks like you do. Parents are super proud I’m sure

get back to flipping those parontha

>That was an .. educated guess.
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> No grown man our age still talks like you do. Parents are
>super proud I’m sure

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At 38 years old

What’s this gonna look like in ten years?

and still following me around

like this

https://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=4&topic_id=12694167&mesg_id=12694167&listing_type=search#12695317

while your cousin i mean "wife" begs you to log off and give her attention

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Like forever lol. Even a decade later

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

not really but that is how it reads

A buckeye fan trying to call someone out for rooting for “bad players”

lmao..

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

Especially with posts like these

https://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2750514&mesg_id=2750514&listing_type=search

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because your summary is nothing like what the contents were

people were acting like it was completely beyond the pale to be asking Mike Tomlin about Ryan Clark namedropping Mike Tomlin

and thats dumb

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

....but outright lying?

that's just unacceptable

>because your summary is nothing like what the contents were
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>people were acting like it was completely beyond the pale to
>be asking Mike Tomlin about Ryan Clark namedropping Mike
>Tomlin
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>and thats dumb

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wild because I still think Flores was the best coach Miami has had in quite some time, one of the few "Cheatriots" to do well away from there.

Yes, I'm mad. Let's move on.

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still props to him.


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I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just
focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and
not having much to show for it. (c) mad

and the fact that he was offered a bribe to rig games, and then was labeled
as “ being difficult” when he refused is the epitome of how toxic the league
is.

He is putting his career on the line, and possibly his life, because the league
is a good ole boys organization, and they have strong political and legal ties.
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not having much to show for it. (c) mad

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I'd be pretty interested in hearing additional testimony and reading some more NFL emails.

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