Appeals court agrees NFL can be put on trial over claims Black coaches face discrimination

Minnesota Vikings defensive co-ordinator Brian Flores looks to the scoreboard in the first half of a National Football League regular-season game against the visiting Houston Texans on September 22, 2024 in Minneapolis.

The NFL can be put on trial over civil claims that Brian Flores and other Black coaches face discrimination, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, rejecting the league’s attempt to force Flores into arbitration with commissioner Roger Goodell as the arbitrator.

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