In February, Trotter asked Commissioner Roger Goodell at a nationally televised press conference about the NFL Network’s lack of Black executives. Months later, his contract was not renewed.
Jim Trotter, a former reporter for NFL Network, sued the league and its media arm on Tuesday, alleging racial discrimination and retaliation after his contract was not renewed earlier this year. Trotter, who is Black, was employed by the league for five years and repeatedly spoke publicly and privately about the NFL’s diversity issues, including the lack of Black head coaches and executives at NFL Network.
Trotter is now a columnist at the Athletic, the sports website owned by the New York Times. The Times first reported the lawsuit.According to the complaint, Trotter said he was given every indication that his contract would be renewed until after the press conference with Goodell, during which he pointedly asked the commissioner why no Black person had ever held a position of power at NFL network.
“If Blacks feel some kind of way, they should buy their own team and hire who they want to hire,” Jones replied. Trotter alleges that he wanted to mention the incident on TV but was instructed not to by superiors.According to the complaint, Terry Pegula, owner of the Buffalo Bills, once said in reference to player protests against racial injustice, “If the Black players don’t like it here, they should go back to Africa and see how bad it is.
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