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<\/figure>\n Every 12 months on the Super Bowl, journalists get an opportunity to ask NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell<\/a><\/span> the questions that have to be answered on stay tv because the world watches. This 12 months, the inquiries and topic issues ranged from two Black quarterbacks<\/a><\/span> making historical past, Damar Hamlin<\/a><\/span>, officiating<\/a><\/span>, and the potential ways in which the league will broadcast upcoming video games. But, the Black cloud \u2014 no pun supposed \u2014 that\u2019s been hovering over the NFL for over a 12 months wasn\u2019t talked about as soon as on Wednesday. And it\u2019s proof that the NFL is loving the truth that folks appear to have forgotten that Brian Flores, Steve Wilks, and Ray Horton have an ongoing class-action lawsuit<\/a><\/span> in opposition to the league for its alleged racist hiring practices.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been over a 12 months because the former Miami Dolphins head coach \u2014 and present defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings<\/a><\/span> \u2014 dropped a bomb on the sports activities world when he determined that authorized motion<\/a><\/span> was the one approach to make folks completely perceive simply how rigged the sport is for Black coaches within the NFL.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s hard to speak out\u2026but this is bigger than football. This is bigger than coaching,\u201d stated Flores.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nDistractions are a part of the sport<\/h2>\n
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