Brian Flores, the former head coach of the Miami Dolphins, filed a class-action lawsuit against multiple NFL teams on Tuesday for racism in their hiring practices.
Flores has accused both the New York Giants and Denver Broncos of holding sham interviews that were used solely for the purpose of fulfilling the league’s Rooney rule requirement.
After this lawsuit went public, the NFL responded on Tuesday night with a statement of their own.
“The NFL and our clubs are deeply committed to ensuring equitable employment practices and continue to make progress in providing equitable opportunities throughout our organizations. Diversity is core to everything we do, and there are few issues on which our clubs and our internal leadership team spend more time. We will defend against these claims, which are without merit.”
The NFL is obviously doing their best to cover their back in this statement, but to say that these accusations are being made without merit is a strong stance just hours after the release of the lawsuit.
