looked, quote, completely disheveled and hung over. flores also alleges that dolphins owner steven ross offered him $100,000 for every loss during the 2019 season so that the team could get a higher draft pick. flores says when he refused that, ross then treated him with disdain and as someone who was difficult to work with. all three teams in the nfl put out statements refuting flores s claims. with the suit flores also releasing a statement saying god has gifted me with a special talent to coach the game of football but the need for change is bigger than my personal goal. and making the decision to file a 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. my sincere hope is that by standing up against systemic racism in the nfl others will join me to ensure that positive change is made for generations to come.
this is not new. people don t understand that i tried to sound this alarm a while back but nobody wanted to listen because the record was so bad so you didn t have a chance to really make a point because all the narrative was that he was just a bad coach. well, that s not the case at all. the browns have denied this. in his lawsuit flores made similar claims saying the dolphins owner steven ross urged him to lose games so the team could get higher draft pick. ross denies it saying in part i take great personal exception to these ma learn shus attacks and the truth must be known. the allegations are false, malicious and defamatory. mysterious and rare black diamond dubbed the inig ma is out of this world. it s made from a meteor impact.
i just want them to have the opportunity to stand in front of an owner and have a real opportunity to get one of those jobs and lead a team. reporter: now, the giants released a statement saying flores was considered until the 11th hour and they hired the person they believed to be the most qualified. now, in the lawsuit flores also alleges that dolphins owner steven ross offered him $100,000 for every loss in the season in order to get a higher draft pick. ross said we refused. flores was fired despite eight wins with miami. he said there are a few issues in which our teams and our clubs and leadership team spend more time. we will defend against these claims which are without merit.
into it and really, you know, knock their socks off. you don t feel personally so you don t feel in your own personal experience that you have been held back or decisions made about you because of your race? i would say this, i think most times, most situations, decisionmakers have an idea of what their next coach is going to be like. what he s going to look like, what he s going to do. people said that. and i think they have an idea. sometimes it is the offense or defense or so forth. but i think some guys what they don t understand can i ask you one other question this came up, brian flores says that the dolphins owner stephen ross offered to pay him a thousand $100,000 per game to lose games. did anyone ever ask you to lose games? no, sir.
all because of joe rogan and the $100 million they pay him to host his podcast on their platform. incredible. i have to think in the days to come, you re going to see other recording artists, i suppose, who are going to say this material that they removed is just so appalling, so disgusting, so racist, that they don t want to have anything to do with spotify. oliver, thanks so much. thank you. eight days away from the super bowl, but that s not why we re talking about the nfl this week. the league is on defense against a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by miami dolphins former head coach, brian flores. he claims the new york giants interviewed him for their vacant head coaching jocb, but he said it was a jam, allowing the giants to check a box. he also claims the dolphins owner wanted to pay him for losing games on purpose. ross has denied this, but these allegations have entangled