Brian Flores, who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the NFL and three of its teams, has been named senior defensive assistant and linebackers coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
, Flores said in his lawsuit that the NFL is"managed much like a plantation" and that its 32 owners, none of whom is Black, profit from the labor of its players — 70% of whom are Black. He is seeking compensatory and punitive damages for the league's other Black head coaches, offensive and defensive coordinators and quarterback coaches and general managers, as well as African American candidates for those positions.
The lawsuit also charges that the NFL and its teams violated federal and state laws in New York and New Jersey. Flores has charged that the Dolphins owner offered him $100,000 for each loss during his first season, urging him to tank the team's performance to get a better draft pick. He also said he has undergone sham interviews for coaching jobs, in which teams interviewed him only to comply with thethe late owner of the Steelers, Dan Rooney.earlier this month with NPR's"This isn't about me.
Flores said he learned in text messages with Belichick that the Giants had already decided to hire someone else as their new coach, even before Flores had done his last interview for the position. "Interviews that Blacks and minorities were going on, where we weren't getting a true opportunity in those interviews to showcase our abilities," said Flores."To walk into an interview where a decision's already been made, that was the tipping point for me.
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