The former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York also is overseeing the league's current investigation of the Commanders and their owner, Daniel Snyder.
against the NFL and teams. Flores accused Dolphins owner Stephen Ross of offering him $100,000 per loss during the 2019 season in a failed attempt to secure the top overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft.
The Dolphins went 5-11 that season and used the fifth overall choice in 2020 on quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. The Cincinnati Bengals got the top selection and used it on quarterback Joe Burrow. Flores, fired by the Dolphins after last season, filed his lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.“The purported basis for his termination was alleged poor collaboration,” Flores’s lawsuit says. “In reality, the writing had been on the wall since Mr. Flores’ first season as Head Coach of the Dolphins, when he refused his owner’s directive to ‘tank’ for the first pick in the draft. Indeed, during the 2019 season, Miami’s owner, Stephen Ross, told Mr.
Ross has denied Flores’s allegations, calling them “false, malicious and defamatory.” He has said that he and the Dolphins will cooperate with the NFL’s investigation.“With regards to the allegations being made by Brian Flores, I am a man of honor and integrity and cannot let them stand without responding,” Ross said in a statement last month. “I take great personal exception to these malicious attacks, and the truth must be known. His allegations are false, malicious and defamatory.
“I found all of the allegations — whether they were based on racism or discrimination or the integrity of our game — all of those, to me, were very disturbing,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said. “They are very serious matters to us, on all levels. We need to make sure we get to the bottom of all of it. Integrity of the game is obviously an important element…. We are going to look into that. We are going to make sure if there were violations that they won’t be tolerated.
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