Mike Florio

With Flores, what it's going to mean is there's going to be a lot of depositions, there's going to be a lot of documents.

If it goes to trial, it's all going to be an open court.

These types of disputes need to be in open court so we can cover them and understand them and explain to the fans the way the NFL operates.

There's never been true accountability.

And I had Demore Smith with me two weeks ago.

He's the former executive director of the NFLPA, and he made an excellent point.

There's no accountability when it comes to the NFL's hiring practices, and this is the kind of thing that will make them accountable, publicly accountable, answer questions where people can hear the questions, hear the answers, and tell their audiences what's going on.

They have wanted to keep us from getting a look behind the curtain.

If this thing goes forward in court, we're going to find out a lot about the evidence, about the arguments, and maybe ultimately a verdict against the NFL

that would reflect frustration and disapproval of years and years and years of systemic racial discrimination when it comes to hiring for some of the most important jobs in an organization.

And there's the answer.

yep maybe it's not that fine and they just love to control everything that's really what it comes down to control they don't want anyone second guessing them they don't want anyone scrutinizing them they don't want anyone doing anything other than sitting back and watching the games and forget about it we'll handle everything else don't wrap up the other stuff just enjoy the games we'll we'll take care of everything else and it works it works for a lot of fans and for those of us who try to

to hold their feet to the fire, they get upset.

They complain to our bosses.

And you have others in the media that will say, if you dare raise these questions, you hate football.

I think it's a testament that you love the NFL if you're trying to help make it better.

And when you have the billionaires hiding behind a screen doing whatever they want to do with no real accountability, I think if you don't fight against that, you don't truly love football.

Rahimi Harrison-Grody.

My first piece of advice and one that I'm going to take is, you know, enjoy the season.

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