The National Football League is making an “unconscionable” move by trying to compel arbitration in a lawsuit alleging widespread racial bias in team front offices, a lawyer for former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores said.
Lawyer Doug Wigdor said in a hearing in Manhattan federal court on Monday that arbitrating the claims would not be fair because, under league rules, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell would decide the case.
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Wigdor told U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni she should reject the arbitration bid and also said plaintiffs were entitled to seek evidence “that would show the unconscionable bias of the ...
