Billionaire Dolphins Owner Ross Denies ‘Tanking’ Allegations
- Ross calls Brian Flores’s allegations ‘false, malicious’
- Elway says he took Flores ‘very seriously’ as candidate
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Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and Denver Broncos executive John Elway blasted the allegations leveled against them by Brian Flores in a bombshell lawsuit claiming widespread racial bias in the National Football League.
Ross denied that he offered to pay Flores, the former Miami head coach, $100,000 for each game the team lost during the 2019 season as part of a strategy to “tank” games in order to secure a higher draft pick. Flores claimed his refusal to play along contributed to conflict with the billionaire real estate developer that ultimately led to his firing last month.