The NFL has its Rooney Rule, which requires a team seeking a new head coach to hold at least one in-person interview with a minority candidate.
Barack Obama was elected to the first of two presidential terms in 2008.
He’d spent more than a decade working for Bill Belichick’s Patriots, which is the NFL equivalent of having apprenticed under Nick Saban.
Their quarterbacks were the 37-year-old retread Ryan Fitzpatrick and the 22-year-old Josh Rosen, who already had been dumped by Arizona, the team that drafted him.
On Tuesday, Flores filed a class-action lawsuit against three teams in particular – the Dolphins, Giants and Broncos – and the NFL in general.
Before Flores interviewed with the Giants last month, Belichick sent a message saying the New York club wanted him as head coach.
It’s unclear whether his lawsuit will help or hurt his prospects, which isn’t to suggest he shouldn’t have filed it.
Only three NFL head coaches – Mike Tomlin of the Steelers, Ron Rivera of the Washington Commanders and Robert Saleh of the Jets – represent minorities.
Before a team can introduce a new coach, it must first tick the box that says, “We certify we’ve compiled with league policy.
We should be long past box-ticking, but here the snooty NFL sits, having talked the talk without walking the walk.
