interview set up for last week and then flores received a text message from his former boss, bill belichicklegendary head coach of the patriots. i will read you their exchange. ready? from belichick -- "sounds like you have landed, congrats! " flores replies, "did you hear something i didn't hear? " "giants? ", says belichick. "i interview on thursday, i think i have a shot on it, floors's response. >> got, it i hear from buffalo and giants that you are their guy. hope it works out if you want it. >> that is definitely what i want, floors rights, i hope you are right, coach. thank you. then floor sends another message. quote, are you talking to brian flores or brian dabble, coach? just making sure. >> dabble. and this is where it all goes south. belichick replies, sorry, i bleeped this up, i double checked and misread the text. i think they are naming double. i am sorry about that. flores alleges that he had to give an extensive interview for a job he knew he would not get, an interview held away from others, to demonstrate to the public at large it was in compliance with the rules. the joi

daboll with no head coaching experience it includes texts allegedly sent to flores mistakenly by bill belichick days before flores even interviewed, congratulating him on getting the giants job. flores then asked, coach, are you talking to brian flores or brian daboll, just making sure. belichick replied with an expletive, sorry, i blanked this up. when you realized he meant to send that text message to someone else, what went through your head >> i was humiliated. >> reporter: the giants wrote in part that brian flores was in the conversation to be our head coach until the 11th hour, ultimately we hired the individual we felt was most qualified flores also alleges that miami dolphins owner stephen ross offered to pay him $100,000 per loss in 2019 to improve the team's draft position. >> it's 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 he's risking his career. >> we can make changes to this system, give more opportunities to black and

obviously, his relationship to bill belichick and the way that deteriorated somewhat. not only the quality of player he would see and what he was able to do in tampa but the kind of person and player that he is, there's a reason why when you see him after these games at the age that he's at, he's revered by the younger players out on the field. he gives everybody an opportunity and chance to say hello to him. he says hello back. i covered for a five year span pretty much every day, every week when i was in new england covering the patriots and at that time in his career, he didn't have a family. he was singularly focused. and he was the first guy in the training facility every single day and a lot of times, he was the last one to leave. he set a a remarkable example for everyone around and as you saw in the post as well, there's a standard that he expects and he's made it clear he hasn't been the easiest one to deal with in tampa. he went in there with high expectations and able to execute, but now he has a family like andy mentioned and that's taking priority, as the

bill belichick. re you're even interviewing for the giants job, that he thinks daboll has it locked up. >> yes. and that's -- that's the -- that's what we're trying to change. >> what did that feel like? >> it was humiliating, to be quite honest. there was disbelief, anger. there was, you know, a wave of emotions for a lot of reasons. and i think this is why, you know, we filed the lawsuit. >> why did bill belichick even know about who is getting the job? why is he talking to the giants and to the bills? last i checked he was with the patriots. what is his involvement getting to know who is going to land the head coaching position? and so, you know, brian's a really modest person. he's stepping up because, you know, this has been talked about for so long. there is only one blackhead coach. there are no black owners, there are very few offensive and defensive coordinators who are black. very few quarterback coaches or special teams coaches who are black. and brian is stepping up, we believe other peopl

experience with the new york giants was an example of discrimination, allege is patriots coach bill belichick flores congratulations for landing the lions job three days before he is interview. >> i thought i got the job. >> and you hadn't interviewed? >> i hadn't interviewed. i thought based on my time in miami in new england, i was in serious consideration for that position. given the fact that i hadn't even interviewed, it was -- it just -- it didn't feel right. >> reporter: flores claims in a text response back he asked belichick if he was talking to brian flores or brian daboll. die bol, who is white, had also been interviewing. belichick responds saying he had mistakenly texted flores, that he had heard they were naming daboll. >> there's a humiliation that came over me, that i thought i had -- was in position to take a job with the new york giants. >> you guys plan to depose bill belichick? >> absolutely, we're coming for him. we've sent with our complaint demands to preserve all the communications, text messages, emails. so while we know there's a lot of backroom dealings, we're comin

i love bill belichick.en he starts drinking. >> greg: i know what it is. it's the giant phone for old people. >> jamie: is great, he texted me this morning and told me that he loves my portrayal of ray charles in the movie "ray." an interesting part of the story was the offering of extra money for him to lose games. in the draft pick. they were going to give them $100,000 to lose. that's got to be hard. that was me, i don't think -- i don't know if it's a good time to punt. it's the coin toss. if you are going to get incentivized by being bad at your job, imagine how much money you'd make. >> greg: it would be amazing how awful i would be. worse than this. can you imagine? you saw that. but he bad. don't owners just want to win? >> no, no. the funny part of this is belichick doesn't know how to text or he does that his glasses on. but the terrible part is that the rooney rule was put in place to stop this week. basically you're trying to tell old white billionaires from a different world, different era, how

he offers proof a text message that he says he got from his former boss, the patriots coach, bill belichick in which he says belichick mistakenly congratulated him for getting the head coach job with the giants brian flores hadn't yet been interviewed. brian dable had. later coach flores said he received from belichick another text, sorry i efed this up, i double checked and misread the text, i think they're naming brian dable, i'm sorry about that bb brian dable did get the job. the giants issued a statement saying flores was in the conversation to be the head coach until the 11th hour, and that they hired the individual they felt to be most qualified flores says the broncos put him through a sham interview three years ago, and they never had any intention of considering him for the job. the broncos hired vic fang goe before the interview denver called the allegations baseless and blatantly false, and they will vigorously defend the integrity of the organization coach brian flores released hids own statement saying in making the decision to file the class action complaint today, i understa

flores worked for belichick for almost 15 years, but belichick also employed another brian, buffalo billsoordinator, brian daboll. day-bol? day-bol? keep that in mind as you read this text exchange. belichick starts off by saying, "sounds like you have landed. congrats!!" to which flores responds, "did you hear something i didn't hear?" "giants?!?!?!?!?!" "i interview on thursday. i think i have a shot at it." "got it. i hear from buffalo and new york giants that you are their guy. hope it works out if you want it to!!" "that's definitely what i want! i hope you're right, coach. thank you. coach, are you talking to brian flores or brian daboll? just making sure." "sorry-- i (bleep) this up. i double checked and misread the text. i think they are naming daboll. i'm sorry about that. b.b." "thanks bill." that's the story of how brian daboll got listed in bill belichick's phone as "white brian." ( laughter ) ( applause ) but-- long story. it's a long story, but that's the story. >> jon: that's the story. it's a long one. >> stephen: but flores is still in the running for two other head coach

the complaint reveals text messages flores received from bill belichick last week, where he indicates the giants already gave the head coaching job to another white coach three days before flores was scheduled to interview with the team. >> the fact that you have to have a rule to interview minority coaches is a problem. it's to create this whole utopia that everybody is equal in the nfl. >> reporter: 70% of nfl players are black. but there are no black owners, and after flores' firing, only one black head coach. in a statement, the nfl said it will defend "against these claims, which are without merit." adding the nfl and our clubs are deeply committed to ensuring equitable employment practices. the teams named in the lawsuit include the dolphins and giants. they have denied any wrongdoing. umm, there's been a long discussion about the -- the discrepancy between how many black players are on the field and the number of black coaches. and there's been a push to get more diversity in the coaching departments, in the front office. and so now we have lawsuits. a coach came out after two

obviously there was the text exchange with bill belichick, saint it looks like you got the job.y? i haven't even met with them yet. jk, are you -- you got the job, he didn't by? >> i think a lot of people are paying attention, i think on a legal level, the head coach of a new england patriots, he's a house with the new york times from he's not the owner, so he can't in illegal view, he's not capable of doing that be to he created the time i. >> i'm sure he did it's not what you know versus what you can prove. sure, i'm sure he heard that but brian forrest, he proved that, that will be his burden of proof has to establishment with the evidence so again, is there something to get to discover? sure but i'm think it's two months premature to say went. some people are saying believe it or not, . kennedy: oh, okay you're done that. people were surprised miami, he had a pretty great, and his third season, he's a smart guy, his players love him honestly worked for bill belichick. is it below fm to file a lawsuit like this now before secured another head coaching job? what's his play her

. -- bill belichick mistakenly, days before floors interviewed, congratulating him on getting the giantores then asked him, coach, are you talking to brian flores or brian daboll? just making sure. >> he replied with an expletive saying, sorry, i bleeped this up. >> what did you see think when you saw those message? >> i was humiliated. >> the giants are defending their actions, saying flores was in consideration to be head coach until the 11th hour. ultimately, we hired the person we thought most qualified. the owner also offered, allegedly, to pay him $100,000 to lose each game. >> it is -- >> the dolphins say that -- flores now notes he is risking his career. >> we can make changes to this system and get more opportunities to black and minority coaches, real opportunities, i think it will be worth it. >> the nfl says flores's claims are without merit. bill belichick has not returned our calls for comment. >> dave gutierrez, thanks for that report tonight. and coming up, what we heard from the governor of texas at the beginning of the winter power grid and what we are hearing now as a

but bill belichick is not a member of the new york giants staff, he was making an assumption based onrectly. maybe they had a favorite in brian daboll, the white offensive coordinator from the buffalo bills. but we know for a fact that john ti tish reached out to brian flores and said, don't talk a job. we have interest in. you is the rooney rule somewhat broken? absolutely. i think it injects candidates late in the process. so, it needs to be a minute in some ways. but to blanket call, generalize that nfl teams or executives within those teams are racist is a generalization that will always be wrong because you can't just say that based on what history has shown us as far as hiring is concerned. and you know this, anderson, because i'm sure you studied it like everybody else. the rooney rule is not working for head coaches, but it is working for other parts of nfl hiring. a few years ago there was one black general manager in the national football league. now there are seven. and i think the process is working on the executive level. it still has a lot of work to do on the coaching l

bill belichick three days before he was scheduled to interview with the new york franchise.he complaint states on january 24th, belichick wrote, sounds like you have landed. congrats. flores responded saying did you hear something i didn't hear? belichick texted back, giants. . he asked if he is texting the right coach. before he fesses up he has the wrong man. sorry i expletived this up. i double-checkd. i can they are naming dall. i'm sorry about that. bb. even though the decision to hire brian daboll had been made. it requires at least two external minority candidates for open head coaching positions. they stand by saying brian flores was in the conversation to be our head coach until the 11th hour. ultimately, we hired the individual we felt was most qualified to do our head coach. a sham interview, describing the management team. the broncos then general manager john elway, president and chief executive officer mr. ellis and others showed up an hour late to the interview. they looked completely disheveled and it was obvious that they had been drinking heavily the right

he coached against josh mcdaniels for four seasons in new england under bill belichick. >>> nhl all-star weekend vegas. the lone representative for the sharks compete inside the hardest shot challenge where his slap shot was clocked at just over 100 miles per hour. normal guys can not make hockey sticks bend like that. i promise you. 6 '6, 240 pounder claiming the shot. how about 103.2 miles an hour. the same to beat the sharks in ot. the all-star game takes place tomorrow at noon. >>> happy trails to umpire joe west who officially announced his retirement today. west umpired an mlb record 5,460 games here he is flexing after getting hit by a ball. he did not go without controversy. 2015 bumgardener did not like a ball four call that led to this epic stare down between them? i don't think i would want to mess with either of those guys. >>> for the warriors this weekend. there is no warriors, taking their 8-game winning streak to oklahoma on monday. that is your look at sports. >> who was the first to blink? >> it probably took them a couple minutes. i don't know. >> i put my money on joe

he felt like he was going into an interview where he actually didn't have a chance but bill belichickaking an assumption based on something he heard from somewhere else, i'm assuming. um, but i do know that the new york giants went through the process correctly. maybe, they had a favorite in brian dabel who is the white offensive coordinator from the buffalo bills by we know for a fact that john tisch reached out to brian flores right after he was fired and said don't take a job, we have interest in you. um, is the rooney rule somewhat broken? absolutely. i think it injects candidates way too hatlate in the process. three or four days before a team has to make a decision, so it needs to be amended in some ways. but to blanket call/generalize that nfl teams or executive within those teams are racist is a generalization that will always be wrong because you can't just say that, based on what -- what -- what history has shown us as far as hiring is concerned. and you know this, anderson, because i'm sure you studied it like everybody else. the rooney rule is not working for head coaches

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florez says he received a text message last month from patriots head coach bill belichick three days before he was interviewing for the giants head coaching position. belichick offered congratulations, but he thought he was testing brian gable who eventually got the giants job. >> how did that make you feel, knowing you're walking into an interview where a decision might already have been made? >> a range of emotions. humiliation. disbelief. >> reporter: in a statement, the giants said florez was in the conversation to be our next head coach until the 11th hour, ultimately, we hired the individual felt was most qualified to be our next head coach. florez also accuses the dolphins of offering him $100,000 for every game he lost during his first season, to position the team for a high draft pick. >> to attack the integrity of the game, that is what i felt was happening in that instance. i would not stand for it. >> reporter: the dolphins say it is incorrect to imply the team acted in a manner inconsistent with the integrity of the game. florez says he is still hoping to coach in the nf

he was passed over with the giants revealing text messages from bill belichick who indicated the jobwhite coach days before flores even interviewed with the giants. flores said he was granted interview candidate. >> given the fact that i wasn't interviewed didn't feel right. >> they said they are confident with the result of a team hiring a different coach. >>> a dramatic rescue at sea in boston. three fishermen survived after their boat sank. a woman on shore saw it capsizing and called 911. they were in the frigid water 45 minutes, hanging onto a hose from the boat before help finally arrived. >> normally boats will lean to one side when you're leaning back. the whole boat flipped over. i got thrown in the water. >> three men suffering severe hypothermia. no word what caused the boat to sink. >>> coming up, big news in the >>> coming up, big news in the fast food breakfast wars. i'm so glad we did this. i'm so glad we did this. i'm so glad we did this. i'm so glad we did this. i'm so... ...glad we did this. [kid plays drums] life is for living. let's partner for all of it. i'm so g

a lot to digest, but he accused the broncos and giants of conducting sham interviews with a bill belichickt message congratulating the wrong brian for getting the giants job days before florez interviewed. he believes he only received the interview to comply with the rooney rule. shorthanded warriors in san antonio tonight. the game is underway. steph curry, klay thompson, and andrew wiggins are sitting out on the second night of a back- to-back. that doesn't include tremont greene, who has missed the last 12 games with a back injury. the warriors said he will be reevaluated in 2 weeks. staying on the topic of golden state, they have their first participate in the nba slam dunk contest since harrison barnes in 2014. anderson was one of the four players picks to compete. he will join steph curry and andrew wiggins in cleveland. in other news, jonathan cominco will not be on that game. those are the guys that will be representing okay, it's go time. team usa on the largest gig-speed network. which means this mega fan never misses a second. it's gig-speed wifi that's “mikaela shiffrin” fast.

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the complaint reveals text messages flores received from patriots coach bill belichick last week whereicates the giants already gave the head coaching job to another white coach three days before flores was scheduled to interview with the team. >> the fact that you have to have a rule to interview minority coaches is a problem. that's the problem. it's to create this whole utopia that everybody is equal in the nfl. >> reporter: 70% of nfl players are black, but there are no black owners and after flores' firing, only one black head coach. in a statement the nfl said, it will defend, quote, against these claims, which are without merritt adding, the nfl and our clubs are deeply committed to ensuring equitable employment practices. the teams named in the lawsuit have denied any wrongdoing. >>> tom brady's retirement announcement has patriots fans feeling snubbed. in his 17-paragraph statement, brady thanked everyone in tampa, his home for the last two seasons but failed to mention the patriots or new england where he spent 20 years. his former teammates are speaking out. >> half of his l

awards with the patriots, alongside head coach bill belichick. last year, brady stunned football fans everywhere when as a free agent, he chose to go to tampa, where he won his seventh super bowl in his first year with the buccaneers. >> 10 super-caine appearances, seven victories, tom brady! >> reporter: norah, brady had talked about playing until he was 50, but after losing in the play-offs this year, he said while football brought him joy, being there for his wife and kids are just as important. >> o'donnell: yeah, family, so important to him. j.b., you followed tom brady's career since he joined the league. what do you think made him such a good quarterback? >> reporter: you know what, it was that that was between his ears. he was never outworked, always exceedingly prepared. and i don't think he ever forgot he was the 199th player selected in the n.f.l. draft. that passion burned brightly. great lessons in the game of life. >> o'donnell: j.b., thank you. >> reporter: my pleasure, norah. >> o'donnell: now into the investigation of the january

proposed class action lawsuits, a texting mix-up by his former boss, new england patriots coach bill belichick, seemed to confirm the job was already someone else's. it went to brian daboll. flores alleges he was considered only to fulfill the n.f.l.'s so-called rooney rule, a rule requiring teams to interview minority candidates. >> to go on what was going to be, what felt like, or what was a sham interview, i was hurt. >> but you went knowing that you probably weren't going to get it. >> i did. >> reporter: the giants responded saying in part, "brian flores was in the conversation to be our head coach until the 11th hour. ultimately, we hired the individual we felt was the most qualified to be our next head coach." the n.f.l. said it in its statement that its clubs are committed to: flores' allegations against his former boss goes a step for example, legingphen rs offered pic which he refused to do. >> i felt it hurt my standing in the organization and ultimately was the reason i was let go. >> reporter: the dolphins said in part, "we vehemently deny the allegations and the implication that

miami dolphins until being fired last month filed a claim claiming a text exchange he had with bill belichick proves that he was brought in for an interview just to fulfill a requiremen. the team's interview, minority candidates belicheck allegedly knew that new york giants had decided to hire a white coach for their vacancy. even the flores was being brought in to interview for that giants job days later. flores is also accusing the denver broncos of a disingenuous hiring process. and he claims when he was working as the dolphins head coach, miami's owner offered to pay him $100,000. a game to lose on purpose. so the team would get a better draft pick. flores says he refused to do that and was told that that made the owner matt, the nfl, the giants, the broncos in the dolphins all deny any wrongdoing in the suit. flurries admits this thing may cost him his coaching career, but he believes it is more important to take a stand. we'll keep you posted there. the other big news today from the nfl, tom brady announcing the end of his illustrious career, the tampa bay bucs quarterback posted on ins

flores says last week, the giants invited him to interview, but flores, who spent ten years under bill belichick with the patriots, says days 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 know? why wasn't i afforded the opportunity to truly interview and show what i can do? because i am a good coach. >> reporter: flores alleges he was granted interviews to satisfy the league's 20-year-old rooney rule, which mandates teams interview at least one minority candidate for top positions, but the giants say they are "confident with the process that resulted in the hiring of brian daboll." the nfl responding to the allegations in a statement, saying, "diversity is core to everything we do, and there are few issues on which our clubs and our internal leadership team spend more time. we will defend against these claims, which are without merit." and david, the miami dolphins vehemently deny any allegations of racial discrimination. brian flores is hoping that with this

this, in part, comes to light because of the aforementioned bill belichick sending a text message, ants job. turned out, he got, apparently, his names mixed up in the address book. meant to send it to the buffalo bills assistant coach, who would eventually get the giants job. flores hadn't even had an interview with the giants yet at that post -- at that time, meaning the job had already been awarded to someone else. flores says his interview a sham. that's the heart of this case. >> boy, i'll tell ya what, willie, the race part is obviously at the center of this lawsuit. i will tell you what can cause real problems for the dolphins is if evidence does come out that their owner was telling the coach, "throw the games. i will pay you $100,000 for every game that you throw. every game that we lose." that's enough to get an owner stripped of his football team if that's proven. you can't -- i mean, that's so much worse than anything pete rose ever did. >> yup. >> if an owner is paying a head coach to throw football games, that owner can't continue to have a team in the nfl. >> yeah. that

proposed class action lawsuit, a texting mix-up by his former boss, new england patriots coach bill belichick, seemed to confirm the job was already someone else's. it went to brian daboll.es alled only to fulfill the n.f.l.'s so- called, "rooney rule," a rule requiring teams to interview minority candidates. >> to go on what was going to be, what felt like, or what was a sham interview, i was hurt. >> but you went knowing that you probably weren't going to get it. >> i did. >> reporter: the giants responded saying in part, "brian flores was in the conversation to be our head coach until the 11th hour. ultimately, we hired the individual we felt was the most qualified to be our next head coach." the n.f.l. said it in its that its clubs are committed to: committed to ensuring equitable ploiment practices and called employment practices and called the accusations without merit. flores' allegations against his former boss goes a step for example, alleging stephen ross offered him $100,000 for each game the team lost in order for a better draft pick, which he refused to do. >> you think it hurt y

. >> flores says he found out from patriots coach bill belichick that the giants had hired a head coachbefore he was scheduled to have an interview with the team. >> the complaint states on january 24, belichick wrote, "sounds like you have landed. congrats!" flores responded saying, "did you hear something i didn't hear?" belichick texted back, "giants?" flores later texted belichick to ask if he's texting the right coach before belichick fesses up that he has the wrong man. "sorry, i (expletive) this up. i double-checked and misread the text. i think they're naming daboll. i'm sorry about that. bb." >> trevor: this is so embarrassing. why do old people sign their texts? do they do that for everything? "i am so horny right now. yours truly, henry." "i want you to go to town on my ass. affectionately yours, linda." "squirt emoji, squirt emoji. best wishes, henry." no, for real though, what a screw-up by belichick. he's a coach so he can't blame c.t.e. this is how flores found out he already lost the job he was about to interview for, about to. you may be wondering why would an n.f.l. te

bill belichick, the patriots head coach, both flores and dabel had been assistant coaches.ext to each other. two days before flores' schedule inview, he gets a text saying congratulations. >> it's up on the screen. let me read it. here is the first part of the exchange. belichick congratulating flores, and flores asks if he heard something. he seard that giants want him, and later, he thinks he is thinking to brian flores, and brian -- and he say that he f'd this up. i hate to interrupt you. but i wanted people to know what they were reading on the screen. bob costas, continue. >> yeah, that is very helpful. flores' position is like, look, they interviewed mue a few days later but that was a sham if they had decided. they put it in the 11th hour. they came close to hiring him and they felt that dabel was the more qualified candidates. he thought that maybe belichick herd it from a third party and assumed it was a done deal but it wasn't. flores doesn't see it that way. there were five openings still in the nfl for head coaching positions, including the dolphins. the saints,

coach accusing the league of racial d discrimination the lawsuit filed and the text messages from bill belichick> the head of the fbi out with a new warning about the growing threat from china. >> this reaches a new level, more brazen, mor

he formerly coast along josh mcdaniels for four seasons in new england under bill belichick. >>> nhl all-star weekend in las vegas. the long representative for the sharks competed in the challenge has slap shot was clocked at just over 100 miles per hour. normal guys cannot make hockey sticks been like that. it was 6'6" 240 pound lightning s ward victor the clmed that he scored to beat the sharks not in their last game. the all- star game will take place today at noon. >>> happy trails the umpire joe west to officially announced his retirement yesterday. he umpire at 460 regular-season games. he did not go without a share of controversy. back in 2015, giants pitcher did not like that call and that led to this epic stare down between them. i would not want to mess with either of those guys. >> the warriors this weekend. they take their winning streak to oklahoma city. the game is on monday. have a great rest of your day. >>> coming up on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area,, we are learning more about the women killed on a greyhound bus. how she use her body as a shield to save her d

he won six super bowls and four super bowl mvp awards with the patriots alongside head coach bill belichick. last year brady stunned football fans everywhere when as a free agent he chose to go to tampa, where he won his seventh super bowl in his first year with the bucc buccaneers. >> ten super owl appearance, seven victories. tom brady! >> reporter: norah, brady has talked about playing until he was 50. but after losing in the playoffs this year, he said that while football brought him joy being there for his wife and kids are just as important. >> yeah. family's so important to him. and j.b., i mean, you followed tom brady's career since he joined the league. what do you think made him such a good quarterback? >> you know what? it was that which was between his ears. he never was outworked, always exceedingly well prepared. and by the way, i don't think he ever forgot he was the 199th player selected in the nfl draft. that passion burned brightly. great lessons for the game of life. >> absolutely. j.b., thank you. >> reporter: my pleasure, norah. investigation into the january 6th attack

after patriots coach bill belichick congratulated the wrong person, belichick wrote, i hear from buffalo their guy. i hope it works out if you want it to. coach, are you talking to brian flores or brian daboll. just making sure. sorry, i effed this up. i think they're naming daboll. sorry about that. the rooney rule requires teams to interview minority candidates. >> it happens to so many of these coaches. i really respect this man for what he did. >> reporter: the giants saying we interviewed an impressive and diverse group of candidates. the fact of the matter, brian flores was in the conversation to be our head coach until the 11th hour. >> there was disbelief, anger. >> reporter: flores also says the denver broncos also gave him a similar sham interview for head coach in 2019. flores was fired as coach of the miami dolphins after back-to-back winning seasons. he says that team's owner offered to pay him to lose games during the 2019 season so the team would get better draft picks. the dolphins deny that claim. >> did ross explicitly say i'll give you $100,000 each game you lose? >> y

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allegations of bias in the league's hiring practices, the text messages from legendary head coach bill belichick at the center of the case and why flores says he's risking his career to take a stand. >>> and overnight. suspended. whoopi goldberg pulled from "the view" over fall out from controversial comments about the holocaust. >>> and "today" exclusives after a years long wait the washington football team's new name set to be unveiled for the very first time. and on the eve of winter olympics we will reveal team usa's flag bearers for the opening ceremony, as they join us live to celebrate that special honor. today, wednesday, february 2, 2022. >> from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello it is a wednesday morning. we're so happy that you are joining us willie is here savannah is working on opening ceremony just a couple of days away. >> 48 hours away from the opening ceremony. >> keep the olympic drum going here excitement is building for the games. we cannot wait to tell you about the athletes who are picked to lead

baste on the text from his former boss bill belichick, flores believed even though he was interviewedalready been filmed by a white man. since 2003, the nfl had the rooney rule, named for the steelers bill rooney. it is design to hire gentle marcs in front office jobs. in a legal sfens% of players are black, 11 out of 28 head coaches in the nfl is black. there are coaches of puerto rican and mexican december scent and lebanese. the nfl saying the suit is without merit, but like colin kaepernick did on the players side he seems to put his reputation at risk. flores told "new day" earlier this wk the following. >> i would say i feel similar pressures that black people feel in all fields, not just football. but we have to do more. that we have to be better. that we have to, you know, we have to be exceptional. just to stay on an even -- level playing field. and it's, you know, in a lot of ways unfair. but that's -- i know i'm not alone in that feeling. i know that. and, you know, i think we're going to get more stories similar to mine. >> joining me now is espn host and executive produce

him and bill belichick played each other this year and locker room afterwards.riots in that game. a little bit later ask troy aikman that thing and clay travis will come on. i forgot one of those guys was good on the cowboys. maybe it was clay. >> steve: maybe. tom brady made it very clear and gizelle's instagram post as well that he is going to spend more time at home. if you are curious where home is soon he is going to move from tampa down to miami. about a year ago he bought a $17 million mansion on incidentian creek island. this is an island with about 30 homes of billionaires including ivanka trump and jared and karl icon. he tore that house down. >> carley: it wasn't good enough. steve: now is he building a new and improved echo mansion they are referring to it as. and when it's done, he will move in there. they refer -- the thing is, it's a small island. it's got a guard with one little bridge to get in and out. so it's sciewrp secure. they refer to this island in south florida as the billionaire's bunker. >> carley: richest zip code in the world. >> ste