In his dismissal by the Miami Dolphins last month, coach Brian Flores declined to sign a separation agreement presented by team owner Stephen Ross, Flores told Bryant Gumbel of HBO's "Real Sports."
"Just signing that separation agreement would have really silenced me," Flores said in an episode that airs Tuesday night.
By not signing the separation agreement, Flores left millions of dollars on the table, said John Elefterakis, one of Flores' attorneys. But not signing also granted him the freedom to talk about his treatment in Miami.
"To Coach Flores' credit, he wasn't gonna sign that, because he wanted -- it wasn't about the money," attorney Doug Wigdor told Gumbel, adding it was a two-year non-disparagement agreement contract.