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Quarterback tom brady while he was with the patriots and then the buccaneers. >> so you have some of the biggest names in the sport trying to be lured to miami while the dolphins have a quarterback and a head coach. >> reporter: the investigation stemming from a racial discrimination lawsuit from former miami coach brian flores, who also claimed that ross offered him $100,000 to tank games in order to improve their draft position. in the end, the nfl finding no evidence the team intentionally lo...

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Jail for a very long time. this has shaken the independence and the ability of the judiciary to function. >> reporter: paula reed, cnn, washington. now, for decades, right wing activists have kept the fight against roe v. wade at the heart of americas culture war. kerry severino says about the draft position. >> its very clear that ameramerican s while they like the idea of roe and many who consider themselves pro-choice also would like to see more limits on abortion than roe, in fact, allows....

2019 to improve the teams draft position. >> its disrespect to the game >> reporter: the dolphins deny any racial discrimination and write, the implication that we acted in a manner inconsistent with the integrity of the game is incorrect flores now knows hes risking his career. >> we can make changes to this system, give more opportunities to black and minority coaches, real opportunities, i think it will be worth it. >> reporter: the nfl says flores claims are without merit, and bill belichick...

In part, an organization can only function if it is collaborative and works well. in his lawsuit, brian flores claimed there is more to the story. in his first season as head coach, flores says in his lawsuit, he refused his owners directive to tank for the first pick in the draft. >> tanking is when a coach goes out and deliberately loses games in order to get a better draft pick in next years draft. because teams with the lowest records get to pick first. flores goes on to claim that during th...

If ever -- until the nfl changes the way that teams are owned and operated, this is going to continue. and the green bay packers are a corporation because they had to be in the 20s because they didnt have any money. ive been arguing all week, if they would spin off these teams as corporations, which would have diverse and inclusive boards of executive, layers of executive, not that corporations are immune to violating the civil rights laws, but i think a corporate structure would go a lot farthe...

Statement in response to brian flores lawsuit to say his claims are without merit, the numbers speak for itself. if there was no merit to it, why do you have a rooney rule? we know and have known for a long time this was a persistent problem. the question was who was going to do what brian flores did, and make this a legal issue? and the reason that i -- that i brought up colin kaepernick is because when he took a knee for social injustice, the nfl took away his entire career. and thats obviousl...

Of the utmost importance to me. so -- >> how did that conversation go? >> it was really a conversation between myself and the general manager, chris greer, and, you know, like you mentioned, it is, you know, steves upset about that were compromising our draft position now because were winning too many games. >> did ross, to you, explicitly say to you personally, ill give you $100,000 each game you lose? >> yes, yes, he did, absolutely. thats not something you make up. >> im not saying -- >> the ...