flores also said he loves coaching football. he s a gifted football coach. he wants to continue to coach, kate. there are right now five head coaching jobs that are still open in the nfl. flores considered a finalist for the houston texans job, and he said this morning, kate, that he s still hopeful he will get a head coaching job. andy, thank you for pointing that out. i really appreciate it. cnn senior analyst el elie hoenig. you ve been writing about this diversity for a long time. what do you make of the florida lawsuit and the impact it s going to have? it s about time. and the irony that this happened on the first day of black history month just two years after 2020, which was dubbed as this so-called racial awakening in america which we now see is
football league. the numbers speak for themselves. he says the proof is in the pudding. shannon, this is a media stunt lawsuit, shockingly poor. if this had been submitted to a law professor, they would get low grades. we have unemployed which signed a contract which paid $3 million more than the average american will make in a lifetime. he signed an arbitration provision, and he was terminated for being a pain in the neck, hard to get along with, boss was not pleased. instead of taking all the opportunities he had, only 32 head coaching jobs in the nfl and he was being interviewed he flipped it into a systemic allegation about the whole league that has majority/minority players as somehow racist. he s going to destroy his reputation and ability to work. robert, i want to give you a chance to take on the arbitration issue. that s apparently what the nfl contract between coaches and teams require. i also want to play something
coaches is growing more tense. the owner of the cleveland browns is strongly denying accusations of offering money to his one-time coach hugh jackson to lose games in order to get a higher draft pick. jackson coached the team until october 2018. he ll join me in a moment. but in an interview with the tennessee newspaper, brown s owner says, quote, unequivocally hugh jackson was never paid to lose games. that s an absolute falsehood. i cannot think of any individual i spent time trying to help be successful as i did hugh jackson. the claim after brian flores sued his old team, claiming they tried to offer him money to lose games as well. flores is also suing the nfl claiming racial discrimination when he tried to get coaching jobs on other teams. reverend al sharpton and civil rights groups are asking for a meeting with nfl commissioner roger goodell. joining me now is hugh jackson. coach jackson, appreciate you being with us. for the record, were you ever
to lose games in order to get a higher draft pick. jackson coached the team until october 2018. he ll join me in a moment. in an interview, he says quote, unequivocally hugh jackson was never paid to lose games. that s an absolute falsehood. i cannot think of any individual i spent time trying to help be successful as hugh jackson. the claim after brian flores sued his old team, claiming they tried to offer him money to lose games as well. flores is also suing the nfl claiming racial discrimination when he tried to get coaching jobs on other teams. reverend al sharpton and civil rights groups are asking for a meeting with roger goodell. coach jackson, appreciate you being with us. for the record, were you ever offered money to purposely lose games? no, i was never offered money like brian had mentioned.