Brian Flores understands the risk. He knows what he did late Tuesday afternoon might signal the end of his career as an NFL head coach, that he could effectively become persona non grata the way Colin Kaepernick wound up for speaking out on social justice issues.
But he felt he had to do it anyway, that the league’s shoddy record on diversity hiring and his dealings with the Dolphins before being fired left him no choice but to sue the NFL.
"In making the decision to file the class action complaint today, I understand that I may be risking coaching the game that I love and that has done so much for my family and me," he said in a statement released shortly after his bombshell lawsuit was filed in New York federal court.