Brian Flores filed a bombshell racial discrimination lawsuit against the NFL this month. Flores is a Black former head coach of the Miami Dolphins who was fired in January and has since been rejected by multiple other NFL teams for a head coach role.
The lawsuit against the NFL is historic for a number of reasons—indeed, it is surprising no team had previously been sued for race discrimination by a Black coach—and will hopefully bring about much-needed change in how NFL teams operate.
The NFL has denied the allegations in Flores’s lawsuit and will likely files its Answer soon. In the meantime, here are 4 key aspects of Flores’s employment discrimination lawsuit.
In the nearly 100 years of the NFL’s existence, the lack of Black head coaches and other executives has been undeniable and stands in stark contrast to the 70% of players who are Black. Yet it does not appear that an NFL team has ever faced a lawsuit in court regarding racial discrimination against Black coaches. Flores’s case shines an unforgiving light on the NFL’s hiring practices, which have resulted in a glaring underrepresentation of Black employees in the upper ranks of NFL teams. In filing his court case, Flores has taken a courageous step that puts his career on the line and sets up a potentially historic legal battle.
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