the nfl s marquee event about to take the spotlight come up with the league instead taking a damaging hit with an explosive lawsuit filed by the former head coach of the miami dolphins, brian flores, who was fired after leading the team at toe two straight winning seasons, now accusing the league and a handful of teams of systemic racism. the nfl s as a diversity, but three of the 32 head coaches were black. it is game time. civil rights gentlemen, welcome back. glad to be with you. let s start with exhibit, coach on cbs. we didn t have to file a lawsuit for the world to know that there is a problem, from a hiring standpoint in regards to minority coaches in the national
good morning. good morning. it is a class action lawsuit filed by the former head coach who brought the dolphins to 2 out of 3 winning seasons here. the suit alleges systemic racism in the nfl. we did not have to file a lawsuit for the world to know that there is a problem from a hiring standpoint in regards to minority coaches in the national football league. the numbers speak for themselves. team owner fired him in january 10th saying that he was someone who is difficult to work with. he alleges that the billionaire owner fired him because he would not tank the 2019 season in order to get the number one draft pick. he claims that he twice interviewed for head coaching jobs that he was never going tol the role so that they can interview minority head coach.
problem from a hiring standpoint in regards to minority coaches in the national football league. we filed the lawsuit so that we could create change and that s important to me. we re at a fork in the road right now. former miami dolphins head coach brian flores is joining former quarterback colin kaepernick stating the obvious about the nfl s problems with racial discrimination. speaking out following the blockbuster lawsuit tuesday against the nfl and three of its teams alleging racial discrimination in hiring practices. the dolphins fired flores last month despite two winning seasons, flores claims discrimination is a factor in the firing the dolphins denied. there is one, one black head coach. pittsburgh mike tomlin among the nfl s 32 teams, 32 teams that profit from a labor force that is nearly 60% black. flores class-action lawsuit takes aim specifically at the rooney rule requiring teams to interview minority candidates for top vacancies alleging he s endured several interview