The Flores Lawsuit: Day 2

Might as well just make a post of all of this, as we await more on the Flores lawsuit and all the fallout.  This post will include news of the day and some things I didn't cover in the other post I've made on the subject, because the issues raised in the lawsuit are not only Sports Bribery, but the complete mockery of the Rooney Rule.  As with my normal daily posts, more will be added as time goes on.

• The owner of the Dolphins, Stephen Ross, denies all allegations, says he will cooperate with the NFL to defend the integrity of the league and of himself.  One word, then, Mr. Ross:  COUNTERSUIT.   
• John Elway has done the same.  Same caveat.
• The NFL also says the claims are "without merit".  They have to.  The ramifications, at this point, of that they can prove out that team ownership of multiple teams have engaged in Federal-illegal sports bribery (and many outfits, including ESPN and Deadspin, do not get the distinction that, unless you declare this legal under Mayer and nullify Federal sports-bribery law, this has nothing to do with the rise in legal state sports gambling -- this is a completely separate argument) could seriously cripple the NFL.

Here's several of the things the text of the lawsuit is revealing, on top of the match-throwing allegations:

• It is no secret that most NFL observers, officials, and fans understand that the Rooney Rule (which is supposed to allow Black coaching applicants a fair shot, forced by the law of the NFL) is a farce.  But the Denver Broncos and John Elway took it so far, they're defendants in the lawsuit by name:  When Flores applied and got the Rooney Rule Interview for the Broncos, he was met by an Elway and a hiring staff clearly drunk from a mass party the night before, indicative that there was no chance, of any kind, a serious interview was going to be had.
• Flores was also given a Rooney Rule Interview for the New York Giants vacancy, but received word from confidant Bill Belichick (yes, THAT Bill Belichick) the decision had already been made three days before the interview to hire a White coach!
• Flores, in addition to the lawsuit, will take legal action with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the NFL and the teams involved.
• Flores was given an illegal chance by the Dolphins ownership to meet with a "prominent quarterback" in 2020.  Flores, realizing the move was tampering, refused the meeting.

The NFL has been one very fortunate organization, according to media-partner ESPN, in relation to the fact they have never really had to deal with a discovery situation, where each side in a legal proceeding gets a look at all relevant documents -- and, since this is a civil situation, the word "Depositions" starts entering the fray!!! -- in any major recent league court attempt.

Not Kaepernick.

Not the Kroenke-St. Louis lawsuit.

Not any of the match-fixing lawsuits the league has been able to defeat, Mayer from the US Grand Prix precedent and anything after that using Mayer as precedent.

And anything gained in discovery which gets into the case record is public record unless the judge seals it.  That could be a TEOTWAWKI scenario for the NFL, especially if the NFL is proven as it is believed by myself and others to be part of all this, both in a rigging sense and a racism one.

The LAST THING the NFL wants is not a trial -- it's Discovery and Depositions.  Strap in.