thank you. former miami dolphins head coach brian flores is speaking out te prosed class n.f.l. andalleged racist hiring. flores appeared with his lawyers on cbs mornings and said he filed the sutsz because it s time for the n.f.l. to change. cbs manuel bojorquez reports. reporter: today, on cbs mornings former miami dolphins coach brian flores described how he felt before an interview for the head coaching job with the new york giants. humiliation, disbelief, anger. reporter: that s because, according to this proposed class action lawsuits, a texting mix-up by his former boss, new england patriots coach bill belichick, seemed to confirm the job was already someone else s. it went to brian daboll. flores alleges he was considered only to fulfill the n.f.l. s so-called rooney rule, a rule requiring teams to interview minority candidates. to go on what was going to be, what felt like, or what was a sham interview, i was hurt.
york giants in for a sham interview. in the case of the giants, a head coaching job they decided to give to someone else. it was humiliating. disbelief and anger. he accuses the dolphins owner of offering to pay him to lose games which the owner denies. all of those to me were very disturbing. integrity of the game was an element. we re going to talk to other people and have them come in and evaluate it. it s hard to evaluate your own policies and procedures. reporter: flores s attorney said the rooney rule doesn t work and is basically a scam with teams interviewing minority candidates only as window dressing and then hiring the coach they want. do you not feel some personal responsibility for not having
more welcoming environment for members who may not feel welcome at this time. for minority job candidates, such as flores with the new york giants organization when he says it was essentially a sham interview because they had already had their guy picked out before he showed up claiming it was all for them to qualify for the rooney rule, which requires the interview of two minority candidates before any final decision is made. he s still taking questions at this time, but you re right. as you mention, no specifics other than a reevaluation going forward on behalf of the league and not taking any direct questions regarding the legal aspect of this saying that this will be handled in the courts. of course, the claims of discrimination coming against the giants, the denver broncos and also allegations coming against the miami dolphins, as well. flores claiming that the owner of the team offered him $100,000 every loss he had so that would
playoffs during his tenure. the dolphins released a statement denying any allegations of racial discrimination. flores also disclosed that the giants hired him last month for their head coaching vacancy for no other reason than to comply with the rooney rule which requires minority candidates. this comes due to texts from bill belichick mistakenly congratulated flores for getting the giants job. the text was mention for the coach who did get the gig. and saying the fact of the matter is brian flores was in the conversation to be our head coach until the 11th hour. ultimately, we hired the individual we felt was most qualified to be our head coach. the lawsuit also alleges that flores was forced to undergo a sham interview with broncos in 2019 which the team has dismissed as blatantly false.
hour. it was humiliating. there was disbelief, anger. flores says the denver broncos gave him a similar sham interview for a head coaching job in 2019. that team also denied the allegation. flores was fired as coach of the miami dolphins, after back to back winning seasons. he said that team s owner, stephen ross, offered him $100,000 per defeat during the 2019 season so the team would get better draft picks. did ross to you explicitly say to you personally, i ll give you $100,000 each game you lose? yes, he did. absolutely. that s not something you make up. in response, the dolphins say the implication that we acted in a manner inconsistent with the integrity of the game is incorrect. flores supporters point to the lea league s, with just three head coaches of color including one black man out of 32 teams in the