ICYMI: The NFL suspended Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, and fined him $1.5 mil, for tampering with Tom Brady. The team also lost two draft picks, including next year's first round selection.
The NFL found the Dolphins had"impermissible communications" in 2019-20 with TB12 when he was still a member of the Pats org. and in 2021 when he was Bucs QB., about the prospects of Tom becoming a minority owner of the Dolphins, and possibly playing for the team.
In 2022, the Dolphins again had forbidden communications with Yee, who also repped Payton, about bringing Sean on board as the team's head coach. As for the allegations made by Flores, the league determined the Dolphins did not intentionally lose games during the 2019 season, and no one instructed BF to lose."I am thankful that the NFL’s investigator found my factual allegations against Stephen Ross are true," Flores wrote.
"At the same time, I am disappointed to learn that the investigator minimized Mr. Ross’s offers and pressure to tank games, especially when I wrote and submitted a letter at the time to Dolphins executives documenting my serious concerns regarding this subject at the time, which the investigator has in her possession."
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