Brian Flores Lawsuit vs the NFL is about more than thirty-two jobs
by Pat Freeman, The Mighty O’Ba
Pat Freeman, The Mighty O’Ba
The Brian Flores Lawsuit is about more than just 32 jobs, it’s about how this league manipulates the athletes into bad CBA agreements. How this league ignores the physical repercussions involved at playing at a level into mandatory Thursday night games for the entire season. This league also deceived its players by not disclosing all their incoming revenue streams, which includes online gambling in which players are not reaping a fair share of this latest revenue stream.
This lawsuit also involves the allegation of one owner attempting to bribe Brian Flores into tanking games which could trigger a change of ownership of the Miami franchise to save the credibility of the league. These thirty-two owners have carefully spun a web of manipulation across most political representatives by contributing across the board to maintain their operation as a 501 C6 institution while taking advantage of municipalities across this nation. This league has also determined the beneficiaries of coverage of the league despite appearing to be thankful of all press coverage, but little is ever said of the bias of related sponsorship rarely trickles down to media outlets of color.
The outlets that do benefit especially in Western New York very rarely invite the four credentialed media members of color for any extra broadcast work during the season and this is why I say this lawsuit is about more than just 32 jobs it must open the door to a full examination of an institution that practices segregated economics only allowing the current athlete to feel compensated while the former players suffer through various ailments that would make you wonder how this sport is the most popular in this country.
Most recently, the closed door negotiations for a new stadium here in Western New York are ending but rest assured this is where the challenges will kick in to see if this market will continue to have an NFL franchise. This deal, I think, falls noticeably short in what NFL owners would like to see as a minimum contribution to a league that is based on an equal share of revenue.
The professional team lags every other market as the lowest producing revenue franchise out of the thirty-two, but the difference is made up by tax subsidies that will be hidden in the agreement so most of you will never understand how much you are already contributing to a billionaire’s profit margin.