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Dylan Hernandez

Dylan Hernandez: You got it wrong, NFL. Hiring issues are about meritocracy not diversity.

LOS ANGELES — Some subjects are too sensitive to talk about frankly, I guess.

Four days before the Super Bowl LVI, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell staged a news conference outside SoFi Stadium during which he responded to Brian Flores' racial discrimination lawsuit by proclaiming he was a champion of diversity.

"We believe in diversity," Goodell said.

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