Thread by @michaelkasdan

THREAD:

The Brian Flores class action suit against the NFL for discriminatory hiring practices is a BIG DEAL.

The full complaint is here and it’s worth a read:

wigdorlaw.com/wp-content/upl… /1

Once we are done chuckling at Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s texting the wrong Brian (he thought he was talking to Brian Daboll but he was talking to Brian Flores), we can begin to consider the enormity and boldness of this action by Flores.

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https://twitter.com/mastertes/status/1488618957443584000

The Belichick text evidence - by the way - is front and center in the Complaint used to allege that the Giants knew they would hire Daboll before even interviewing Flores. Makes Flores interview look like Rooney Rule box checking. Oops.

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The NFL dodged a bullet by settling the Colin Kaepernick lawsuit before discovery and with NDAs as part of it.

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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The Gruden email leak from the NFLs Snyder Investigation (article in comments) was really ugly but it was obvious it was just scratching the surface. They hung Gruden out to dry and avoided further scrutiny.

medium.com/equality-inclu…

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The NFL got a little bruised up by the revelation that they were valuing Black lives and brains less in CTE settlement payments (article in comments). But that seemed to pass through the news cycle pretty quickly.

goodmenproject.com/featured-conte…

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Now, Brian Flores is going right for it, taking aim at discriminatory hiring practices.

There is currently one Black head coach in the NFL.

The NFL has skirted around the racism issue just like it has skirted around the CTE issue for years.

Will there be a reckoning?
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https://twitter.com/EdgeofSports/status/1488634413009223682

Bonus:

But wait there’s more. Oh my.

https://twitter.com/alexweprin/status/1488613949495025664?s=21

Addendum:

As @EdgeofSports has noted, we don’t know how this lawsuit will work out. We don’t know what the evidence will show about what the Giants did or didn’t do. And they’ll say they just hired the best guy. But 1/32 Black coaches shows there is a bigger problem here.

https://twitter.com/pamsson/status/1488645196409626630

And Brian Flores knows it.

https://twitter.com/rami_lavi/status/1488860232566644741

Also, it’s very clear that The Rooney Rule was never going to be more than a box checking exercise at best. That doesn’t change the culture. Doesn’t address institutional racism.

. @RGIII speaking a load of truth here:

https://twitter.com/RGIII/status/1488626519664644097?s=20&t=SNuxvM427WFdetJRYMiHLQ

And the thing is, even if the NFL and Giants were to go all the way and win this lawsuit, it wouldn't change the fact that the NFL has a problem.

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