{"id":2029849,"date":"2023-09-12T20:10:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T00:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/journalist-sues-nfl-for-racial-discrimination-alleges-offensive-comments-from-cowboys-and-bills-owners\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T20:12:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T00:12:09","slug":"journalist-sues-nfl-for-racial-discrimination-alleges-offensive-comments-from-cowboys-and-bills-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/journalist-sues-nfl-for-racial-discrimination-alleges-offensive-comments-from-cowboys-and-bills-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist sues NFL, claims racial discrimination, cites offensive remarks by Cowboys and Bills owners."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fjournalist-sues-nfl-for-racial-discrimination-alleges-offensive-comments-from-cowboys-and-bills-owners%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=2029849&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--><h2>A Former NFL Reporter Files\u2062 Lawsuit Against the League, Alleging Racial Discrimination<\/h2>\n<p>In \u2063a bold move, former NFL Network reporter Jim Trotter has\u200c taken legal action against \u2063his former employer, accusing the league of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-survival-guide-for-conservatives-during-the-biden-years\/\" title=\"A Survival Guide for Conservatives During the Biden Years\">racial discrimination<\/a> and a lack \u200dof diversity. Trotter, who is black, claims \u200cthat his contract was not renewed\u200b because he challenged commissioner Roger Goodell on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Trotter&#8217;s civil complaint, a 53-page document \u200cfiled in New York, outlines his allegations against the NFL.\u2062 He asserts that he lost his job because he repeatedly called out the league for its failure \u200cto \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/journalist-sues-nfl-for-racial-discrimination-alleges-offensive-comments-from-cowboys-and-bills-owners\/\" title=\"Journalist sues NFL, claims racial discrimination, cites offensive remarks by Cowboys and Bills owners.\">address long-standing discrimination<\/a> within coaching ranks, the league office, \u200cand the NFL Media newsroom.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit claims that Trotter&#8217;s treatment is part of a\u2063 pattern\u200c of silencing\u2062 and retaliating against black men who speak out \u200cagainst such conduct.\u2062 He also alleges \u200bthat\u2062 he witnessed discriminatory \u2063and hostile behavior \u200bby his employers, including NFL team owners, that went unchecked.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Trotter cites comments made by Dallas Cowboys\u2062 owner Jerry Jones and Buffalo\u2064 Bills\u200b owner Terry Pegula. \u2063Pegula \u200bis accused of saying, &#8220;If the Black players don&#8217;t like it here, \u200cthey should go back to Africa and see \u2063how bad it is.&#8221;\u200b Jones\u200c allegedly remarked, &#8220;If Blacks feel some kind of way, they should buy their own \u2064team and hire who they want to hire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Both comments were made during the civil unrest of 2020, which had permeated professional sports. However, Pegula has\u200c categorically denied the allegation, stating that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-slammed-and-smacked-and-twittered-a-lot-by-the-anti-israel-side-did-mick-jagger-make-this-statement\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: \u2018Slammed And Smacked And Twittered A Lot By The Anti-Israel Side\u2019 \u2013 Did Mick Jagger Make This Statement?\">statement attributed<\/a> to him is false and that racism has no place in society. \u200bJones also issued a\u200c statement denying Trotter&#8217;s \u200callegation, \u200cemphasizing the importance of diversity and inclusion to him and the\u2064 NFL.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL itself\u2062 has challenged Trotter&#8217;s \u200dclaims, stating that while they take his\u2062 concerns seriously, \u2062they strongly dispute his \u200bspecific allegations. The league attributes Trotter&#8217;s departure to a challenging economy and \u2063a changing \u200bmedia environment.<\/p>\n<p>Trotter&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enough-is-enough-san-francisco-sues-its-own-school-district-over-re-opening-plan\/\" title=\"\u2018Enough Is Enough\u2019: San Francisco Sues Its Own School District Over Re-Opening Plan\">lawsuit seeks<\/a> to hold the NFL accountable\u200d for its discriminatory and retaliatory practices and demands that the \u2064league comply\u200b with\u2063 the law. Additionally, he is asking the court \u2062to monitor the league&#8217;s hiring practices.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A week to remember in NFL history <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZhgPrs4nRj\">pic.twitter.com\/ZhgPrs4nRj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200b NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1700571017398382974?\">September \u200d9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-faces-huge-new-lawsuit-look-who-is-behind-it\/\" title=\"Fox News hit with major lawsuit - discover who's behind it\">lawsuit serves<\/a> as \u200ca significant challenge\u2062 to\u200d the NFL&#8217;s commitment to diversity and inclusion. It remains to be seen\u2063 how the\u2064 legal \u2064battle will\u2062 unfold and\u200b what impact it will have on the league&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/journalist-sues-nfl-racial-discrimination-alleges-offensive-comments-cowboys-bills-owners\/\">Journalist Sues\u200b NFL for Racial\u200d Discrimination, Alleges Offensive \u200dComments from\u200d Cowboys and Bills Owners<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2062 Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>lawsuit, Trotter claims that his contract was not renewed by NFL Network after he confronted commissioner Goodell regarding the league&#8217;s lack of diversity. He further accuses two white team owners of using racially offensive language. Trotter, an African American reporter, seeks justice through legal action, presenting his case in a comprehensive 53-page lawsuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":2029850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2029849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2029849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2029849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2029849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2029849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}