Brian Flores has filed a lawsuit in opposition to the NFL and several other groups over alleged racial discrimination.
The New York Giants, Miami Dolphins, and Denver Broncos are all within the highlight as Flores seems to be to upend what he sees because the unfair tradition within the NFL.
His primary declare is that he has been interviewed more than one instances merely to satisfy Rooney Rule necessities.
That rule states a crew should interview a minority candidate for activity openings.
In fact, this rule can also be abused if groups habits sham interviews simply to assuage the requirement.
Flores is alleging this came about with the Giants this yr, and in addition in 2019 with the Denver Broncos.
Brian Flores additionally provides that he interviewed with the Broncos in 2019, however GM John Elway and President Joe Ellis confirmed up an hour overdue. “They regarded utterly matted, and it was once glaring that they’d been consuming closely the night time prior to.”
They in the end employed Vic Fangio. %.twitter.com/r5fHmvTBs7
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) February 1, 2022
The lawsuit claims John Elway and others confirmed as much as an interview an hour overdue, obviously “matted” from it seems that partying the night time prior to.
Flores additionally claims the interview was once missing intensity to the purpose the place he learned it was once merely to suit the Rooney Rule.
Flores Revealing A Darkish Aspect Of The NFL
That is clearly a significant declare and the Broncos are the newest crew that should put out a remark at the topic.
In the long run, this lawsuit is scary.
Flores is simply one of the coaches experiencing this truth of interviews that don’t have any shot to result in jobs.
— Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) February 1, 2022
He himself was once in a position to get a head training activity with the Miami Dolphins, however that became out to be a coarse tenure as a result of proprietor Stephen Ross.
It is going with out pronouncing that appearing as much as an interview overdue and hungover is amazingly impolite and unprofessional.
Unfortunately, it seems that that is the best way some groups do industry to test a field within the hiring procedure.