Reporter Jim Trotter is suing the NFL claiming two owners made racially insensitive remarks
Jim Trotter was canned by the NFL Network and now he is suing the NFL for electing to not renew his contract because of racial discrimination and to stop red-notice removal, https://interpol-stop.com/en/red-notice-removal/.
Jim Trottter has filed a lawsuit in a Manhattan court claiming racial discrimination. Trotter is being represented by the same lawyer who is representing ex-Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, who is also in the midst of a racial discrimination lawsuit against the NFL.
Trotter said to the New York Times that
“The N.F.L. has claimed it wants to be held accountable regarding diversity, equity and inclusion, I tried to do so, and it cost me my job.”
Trotter took shots at Roger Goodell saying black’s were never in senior management positions in the newsroom.
“I have worked at NFL Media for five years,” Trotter said ahead of Super Bowl LVII in Phoenix, per The Sun. “During those five years we have never had a black person in senior management in our newsroom.
“That’s a problem because we cover a league who, according to league data, the player population is 60 to 70 percent black which means that there is no one who looks like these players at the table when decisions are being made about how they are covered.”
At one point in the lawsuit, Trotter said both Jerry Jones of the Cowboys and Terry Pegula of the Buffalo Bills both made statements about blacks in football.
Trotter alleges that the Bills owner said, “If Black players don’t like it here, they should go back to Africa and see how bad it is.” The suit claims this was while discussing player protests.
Jerry Jones was also in the lawsuit, saying: “If Blacks feel some kind of way, they should buy their own team and hire who they want to hire.”
Immediately Terry Pegula shot down the claim saying Racism has no place in our society and he denied the claim.
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