Brian Flores Alleges Dolphins Owner Tried To Pay Him to Lose Games In Lawsuit Against NFL
Former Dolphins coach Brian Flores is spilling all the tea about the shady business that allegedly goes on in the NFL.
As we reported, former coach Brian Flores filed a class action lawsuit against the NFL and Miami Dolphins for racism and discriminatory hiring practices. He also alleges that Dolphins owner Stephen Ross offered him $100k every time to purposely lose games and improve the team’s draft position.
The lawsuit states,
“In 2019, on the heels of his outstanding performance with the Patriots, Mr. Flores was offered the Miami Dolphins Head Coach position. By all accounts, Mr. Flores did a fantastic job in three seasons from 2019-2021. In his first year, Miami’s gutted roster won five games despite many experts predicting an 0-16 season and one of the worst teams in NFL history.
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The Dolphins owner, Stephen Ross, was unhappy with this performance not because it was under-performing. To the contrary, Mr. Ross wanted the Mr. Flores to “tank” the season to put the team in position to secure the first pick in the draft. Indeed, during the 2019 season, Mr. Ross told Mr. Flores that he would pay him $100,000 for each game lost that year. Then, when the Dolphins started winning games, due in no small part to Mr. Flores’ coaching, Mr. Flores was told by the team’s General Manager, Chris Grier, that “Steve” was “mad” that Mr. Flores’ success in winning games that year was “compromising [the team’s] draft position.”