The league, plus New York Giants, Denver Broncos and Houston Texans, to move case to proceedings controlled by the NFL.By ReutersPublished On 26 May 202626 May 2026The US Supreme Court has turned away a bid by the National Football League to move a Black coach’s racial discrimination claims out of federal court and into arbitration proceedings controlled by the NFL.The justices declined to hear an appeal by the league and three of its teams filed after a lower court ruled that the NFL cannot force Brian Flores, the former Miami Dolphins head coach and current Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator, to arbitrate workplace bias claims through a process overseen by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe teams involved in the appeal were the New York Giants, Denver Broncos and Houston Texans.Flores, 45, has accused the NFL, the most popular professional sport league in the United States, of systematic discrimination against Black coaches.According to his 2022 lawsuit, the NFL and several teams discriminated against Black candidates for coaching and management jobs in violation of federal and state laws. Flores filed the suit after being fired as head coach of the Miami Dolphins despite the team having a winning record for two consecutive seasons.Flores alleged that during his career, he was asked to have “sham interviews” with the Giants and Broncos merely to satisfy a 2003 NFL policy called the Rooney Rule requiring that minorities be interviewed for coaching jobs. The NFL adopted the Rooney Rule in 2003 in light of the historically low number of minorities in NFL head coaching positions.Two more Black coaches, former Arizona Cardinals head coach Steve Wilks and former longtime NFL assistant coach Ray …
