Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores filed a lawsuit on February 1, the first day of Black history month, against the National Football League and, at the time, three individual teams. The suit charged the league and constituent teams of racist hiring practices, among other allegations including tanking on the part of his former employer.
The suit was always intended to become a class-action lawsuit with others joining, and earlier this month, it did pick up two new plaintiffs in Ray Horton and Steve Wilks. The idea was always to be in the public eye and to have the spotlight cast on an issue that efforts like the Rooney Rule were not sufficiently addressing.