His dismissal by the Miami DolphinsLast month, Brian Flores, the coach, declined to sign a separation deal presented by Stephen Ross, Flores said to Bryant Gumbel, Bryant Gumbel from HBO’s “Real Sports.”
Flores stated that signing a separation agreement would have silenced her in an episode that aired Tuesday night.
John Elefterakis who is one of Flores’ lawyers stated that Flores did not sign the separation agreement and left millions of dollars on table. He was also allowed to speak freely about Miami treatment by not signing.
Coach Flores is to be credited for not signing that contract. “It wasn’t about him wanting — it wasn’t about the money,” Doug Wigdor, an attorney, told Gumbel. He added that it was a two year non-disparagement agreement contract. He would have signed it, if it was about money. He filed the lawsuit instead to help other coaches now and in the future.
Wigdor said that if a coach terminates with less than a year or two years remaining on their contract, they won’t be paid unless they sign an NDA, confidentiality, and non-disparagement waiver. So they pay their silence.
Flores’ comments Tuesday evening were responded to by the Dolphins, who called them “categorically false”
Brian Flores’ latest claim that Steve Ross had mentioned an NDA to his is completely false. The team stated that this did not occur and they are unable to understand Brian’s continued pattern of making unfounded statements he knows are false. We fully cooperate with the NFL investigation. We look for all facts which will prove Brian’s claims false and defamatory.
Flores’ attorneys refuted the Dolphins claim. provided screenshots from the draft agreement and the payment termination notice. One of these provisions specified a nondisparagement clause. Brandon Shore, senior Vice President of Football and Business Administration, sent Flores a notice terminating his contract with the team. Flores was not allowed to continue receiving any non-accrued compensation or benefits as he did not sign the agreement.
The following is a response: #Dolphins calling Brian Flores’ assertion of an NDA “categorically false,” below are screenshots from the draft agreement & payment termination notice.
If #BrianFloresIf he had signed it, he would have been unable to speak about the experience.#NFL pic.twitter.com/rlEgTXsd4I
— WigdorLaw (@WigdorLaw) February 23, 2022
Flores was able to freely talk about his time with Dolphins. who was recently hired as a defensive assistantBy the Pittsburgh Steelers, filed a lawsuit against the NFL and three teams (the Dolphins, Giants Broncos(), alleging racial discrimination during hiring practices and his dismissal from Miami.
Flores claimed that Ross offered him $100,000 per loss in 2019. He and his lawyers told Gumbel that they had evidence and would share it with the NFL.