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“BLACK HISTORY MONTH! BRING BRIAN FLORES TO DONDA SPORTS”: Kanye West pauses his attack on Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson to show support for ex-Dolphins coach amidst legal battle with the NFL

Ashish Priyadarshi
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Brian Flores

Brian Flores’ life has been flipped upside down as of late, and in the darkness, an unforeseen ally in Kanye West has come to his side, showing support for him.

The Miami Dolphins hired Flores in 2019 to turn their franchise around, and he did just that. In Flores’ first season, the Dolphins didn’t too well as they were still in the process of turning things around and implementing Flores’ system, but in the 2020-21 seaosn they made a massive leap.

They finished the year 10-6, barely missing the playoffs and their first winning season since the 2016-17 season. This last season, the Dolphins finished 9-8, their second straight winning season. The Dolphins started the year terribly, but a late push nearly landed them in the playoffs again. Flores’ tenure looked very promising.

Then, seemingly out of nowhere, the Dolphins fired him, opening up a wave of controversy and even legal issues. Flores claimed the Dolphins were paying him to lose and that the league in general was racist as representation for African American people in coaching positions is minimal.

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Kanye West comes to Brian Flores’ support

When Flores came out saying that he was being paid to lose games, it sent a disturbing wave of shame throughout the league. Dolphins owner Stephen Ross is being investigated for this claim, and apparently there is truth to what Flores said. He was reportedly being offered $100,000 for each loss in the 2019 season.

If those reports do come true, then there is a strong chance that Ross will be forced to sell the team. Aside from that, Flores also noted racism in the hiring process this offseason. Of course, the most glaring example is with the New York Giants.

The NFL implemented ‘The Rooney Rule’ as a measure to increase representation for minority head coaches by requiring NFL teams with a coaching vacancy to interview at least one diverse coach.

The Giants had already found their head coach in Brian Daboll, but because of the rule, they decided to interview Flores with no intention of signing him. This came out through a text chain between Bill Belichick and Brian Flores where Belichick congratulated Flores for a job he never got.

Flores is now suing the NFL for racism in the hiring process, and in the middle of Black History Month, hip-hop icon Kanye West decided to show support for him. Kanye has currently made waves in the news for taking shots at Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson, and their affiliates on social media. Those posts have since been deleted along with the post where he showed support for Flores, but people were able to capture what it said before it was gone.

He posted a picture of Flores with the caption “ME AND MY DAD ARE ON THE PHONE AND HE BROUGHT YOU UP TO ME SENDING YOU LOVE AND PUBLIC SUPPORT,” and a screenshot of a comment saying,  “BLACK HISTORY MONTH! BRING HIM TO DONDA SPORTS.”

Of course, Donda is the creative content brand that Kanye founded, the name of his most recent album, and comes from his mother’s name.

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Ashish Priyadarshi

Ashish Priyadarshi

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Ashish Priyadarshi is The SportsRush's content manager and editor. Ashish freelanced for 1 year in the NFL division before taking on an editorial role in the company. He then tacked on managing content while adding on a writing role in the NBA division. Ashish has been closely following the NFL and NBA since the 2012 season when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and Derrick Rose was at the height of his powers. Since then, Ashish has focused on honing his knowledge for both leagues in, even writing crossover pieces. In his free time, Ashish is an avid basketball player, he loves to watch movies and TV shows, immersing himself in the cinematic world. Ashish studies computer science and data science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and would love to mesh his love for sports with his technical skills.

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