MOBILE, Ala. — Former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores made the interview rounds on Wednesday with his attorneys, Doug Wigdor and John Elefterakis, to delve deeper into his class-action lawsuit against the NFL released Tuesday, which alleged widespread race discrimination in the league for Black coaches pursuing prominent roles.
The suit accused NFL teams of not taking Black candidates seriously in the interview process of hiring head coaches. It also claimed Black coaches are retained at a lower rate than white counterparts that have similar on-field success and are treated differently during their tenures.
“We’re at a fork in the road,” Flores told CBS Mornings, the national morning show. “We’re either going to keep it the way it is or we’re going to go in another direction and actually make some real change where we’re actually changing the hearts and minds of those who make decisions to hire head coaches, executives, etc.”
