The Brian Flores Lawsuit Will See Plenty of Betting for Sure

Written by:
Alejandro Botticelli
Published on:
Feb/02/2022

Gambling911.com is hearing that at least one popular online sportsbook is planning to release a bunch of prop bets tied to the Brian Flores lawsuit filed Tuesday against the NFL and three of its teams.  This isn't just a gripe about being wrongly fired after having another winning season, Flores, the former head coach of the Miami Dolphins, is claiming racism with the league's hiring practices and has pulled out all the top guns including the same lawfirm that represented victims of Harvey Weinstein and former Fox News employees.

What Will We Be Seeing From Oddsmakers?

The obvious:  Does this get settled out of court or does the case go to trial?  Will Flores win his case?

Then there is the question of whether Flores lands another job as an NFL head coach.  Following his firing, most pundits believed Flores would be in high demand.

Will Stephen Ross be forced to sell the Miami Dolphins?  In his suit, Flores makes a damning claim that Ross offered to pay him $100,000 per game to tank games to ensure the team could secure the top draft pick during the 2019 season.

The Allegation Against Ross

Here’s the allegation, at paragraph 14 of the complaint: “In January 2022, Mr. Flores, who spent three years as the Head Coach of Defendant Miami Dolphins, Ltd., . . . found himself without a job. He was fired by the Dolphins after leading the team to its first back-to-back winning seasons since 2003. The purported basis for his termination was alleged poor collaboration. In reality, the writing had been on the wall since Mr. Flores’ first season as Head Coach of the Dolphins, when he refused his owner’s directive to ‘tank’ for the first pick in the draft. Indeed, during the 2019 season, Miami’s owner, Stephen Ross, told Mr. Flores that he would pay him $100,000 for every loss, and the team’s General Manager, Chris Grier, told Mr. Flores that ‘Steve’ was ‘mad’ that Mr. Flores’ success in winning games that year was ‘compromising [the team’s] draft position.'”

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Elway Hung Over?

Before Flores' termination, BetOnline released odds on the next Broncos head coach after that team fired Vic Fangio ahead of the dreaded "Blue Monday".  That's the infamous day immediately following the regular season's final game that typically sees a number of NFL head coaches sent packing.

Flores had not yet been released by the Dolphins and did not appear among the odds.  Dan Quinn was technically the favorite but was closely followed by the likes of Jim Caldwell, Nathaniel Hackett and Leslie Frazier, each at 6-1 odds.

This will likely be among the weakest of the arguments contained in Flores' suit as candidates were already under consideration prior to Fangio's termination, it could be argued. 

The Broncos last week agreed to terms with Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Hackett, who is white, to be their head coach.

Flores claimed that Broncos general manager John Elway's disheveled appearance during Flores' interview with that team was an example of an organization not having any intention of hiring Flores but simply going through the paces of what is known as the "Rooney Rule," which was implemented to give minority coaches more opportunities.

"The Broncos' then-General Manager, John Elway, President, and Chief Executive Officer Joe Ellis and others, showed up an hour late to the interview," the lawsuit alleges. "They looked completely disheveled, and it was obvious that they had [been] drinking heavily the night before."

Flores said that it was "clear from the substance of the interview" that the Broncos "never had any intention to consider him as a legitimate candidate for the job," according to the lawsuit.

- Alejandro Botticelli, Gambling911.com

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