{"id":1264982,"date":"2022-02-02T13:09:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T18:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1264982"},"modified":"2022-02-02T13:09:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T18:09:38","slug":"ex-dolphins-coach-flores-on-nfl-discrimination-suit-this-is-bigger-than-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-dolphins-coach-flores-on-nfl-discrimination-suit-this-is-bigger-than-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Dolphins Coach Flores on NFL Discrimination Suit &#8212; &#039;This Is Bigger than Football&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-dolphins-coach-flores-on-nfl-discrimination-suit-this-is-bigger-than-football%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1264982&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1173182171-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>During an interview with CBS\u2019s \u201cMornings,\u201d former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores addressed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/02\/01\/brian-flores-sues-dolphins-broncos-giants-claiming-racism-in-hiring-practices\/\">lawsuit<\/a> against the NFL\u2019s hiring practices.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit also alleges&nbsp;Dolphins owner Stephen Ross offered to pay Flores an extra $100,000 per loss to ensure the Dolphins would get the first overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft and pushed him to&nbsp;violate league tampering rules by recruiting a quarterback on another team.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Flores, one of only three black head coaches in the league in the 2021-2022 season, said he is not the only one who has experienced such discrimination in the NFL. He added his decision to bring this to light \u201cis bigger than football.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>CBS\u2019s Nate Burleson, a former NFL star, asked Flores on Wednesday, \u201cOne last thing. I\u2019ll let you say this, but do you still want to coach in this league?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI absolutely want to coach in this league,\u201d Flores replied. \u201cBut I also know that \u2026 I\u2019m not the only story here.&nbsp;I\u2019m not the only one with a story to tell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re speaking up for decades of this going on, and hopefully stopping it from happening,\u201d Burleson agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Y]ou know there are people who have come before me, and I know there are others who have similar stories,\u201d Flores continued. \u201cAnd it\u2019s hard to speak out. It is. You\u2019re giving up. You\u2019re making some sacrifices. But again, this is bigger than football. This is bigger than coaching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Trent Baker&nbsp;on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MagnifiTrent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@MagnifiTrent<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During an interview with CBS\u2019s \u201cMornings,\u201d former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores addressed his lawsuit against the NFL\u2019s hiring practices. 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