Should nonwhite NFL coaches start to break through in larger numbers, it’s crucial to understand the world they would be entering. zakcheneyrice writes on Brian Flores and the paradox of the Black NFL coach
Photo: Adrian Kraus/AP/Shutterstock Brian Flores, the Black former Miami Dolphins head coach, is suing the NFL for discriminatory hiring practices. He said the lawsuit was set in motion by text messages he got in January from Bill Bellichick, the New England Patriots head coach and Flores’s former boss, when Flores was trying to get a new job with the New York Giants. “I hear from Buffalo and NYG that you are their guy,” one of Bellichick’s messages read.
The crusade has earned him plaudits for bravery — “Thank you, Brian Flores” was an instant refrain on social media when the news broke — while earning further damnation for the club he’s trying to diversify. League management’s record on race speaks for itself. In a settlement in October, the NFL agreed to stop “race-norming” its dementia-claim payouts . The preceding five years had seen the blackballing of Colin Kaepernick.
But if Bellichick’s texts are the closest thing Flores has to a smoking gun, his legal task will be Sisyphean. He says 40 other coaches may join his class-action lawsuit, though they remain unnamed. Even together, they’ll face steep odds.
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