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>> we need change. and that's -- that was the number one reason for us filing the lawsuit. >> reporter: flores was fired winning seasons in miami.back - out of a job, he says he was then passed over for the head coaching position with the new york giants. in his lawsuit, flores says last week, the giants invited him to interview, but flores, who spent ten years under bill belichick with the patriots, says day before that meeting, his mentor mistakenly sent him these text messages, saying the job had already gone to brian daboll, a white coach. >> there was a little bit of -- your anger, you kn...

♪ should they take some kind of stand before, during the show itself? skwreupbg us now cultural commentator c.j. farley, author of the new book "zero owe clock." and the host of the run tell this podcast and had a recent episode on racism in the nfl. c.j., you have covered musicians for a long time here. what do you think is on them to do here? >> well, here's the thing. i have interviewed a lot of people who are going to be performing at the super bowl halftime show. it's not about the musicians. it is really about the nfl. 27 teams right now in the nfl that have locked in their qb position...

Against and how hard they fought. and after one year he was fired and he was fired by a rookie gm. and you're looking at the job, first year guy, you didn't do anything, what did you fire him for? to get your job. these are the things that make you question it. at the time lovie smith became a candidate. josh mccown was actually a candidate for that head coaching position. don lemon, he's a high school coach. he was playing football, but he's coaching high schools. never coached college. never coached in the nfl. and he was a leading candidate for the houston texans job according to numerous r...

Make the team rise for perspective draft picks in the upcoming season. so, these are all in play right now. this is really the first chance we had to hear from the commissioner and he's still taking questions at this time. hallie. >> you mention the rooney rule, morgan, some questions raised about this. you talk about the requirement that you look at a diverse slate of candidates when you're hiring for a head coaching position but criticism, especially recently and especially since this flores lawsuit about whether it is a, you know, pro forma box checking exercise. and i think we have goodell...

Than black potential coaches who have terrific resumes, have interviewed multiple times, sometimes white head coaches get it on the first interview for a head coaching position. and others who have been around in the league, and are esteemed as assistant coaches, not getting the opportunities. and some accomplished black head coaches fired, like jim caldwell in detroit. he had a winning record in 3 of 4 seasons, and he had taken the colts to a super bowl prior to that, and he's gone. each individual case doesn't prove the larger point. but when you put it all together, the larger point is unde...