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Feb 1 4 tweets 2 min read
.@AdamSchefter reports Brian Flores, fired last month as Miami Dolphins head coach, has brought a class action lawsuit against NFL and multiple teams for “racism in hiring.”

“There are texts from New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick that are being used as evidence …”
Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, who is suing NFL over racism, says league is “managed like a plantation.”
ESPN’s @mspears96 says the NFL’s treatment of Brian Flores is “the same thing that happened to Colin Kaepernick.”

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