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After the end of the 2019 season, Mr. Ross began to pressure Mr. Flores to recruit a prominent quarterback in violation of League tampering rules. Mr. Flores repeatedly refused to comply with these improper directives. Undeterred, in the winter of 2020, Mr. Ross invited Mr. Flores onto a yacht for lunch. Shortly after he arrived, Mr. Ross told Mr. Flores that the prominent quarterback was "conveniently" arriving at the marina. Obviously, Mr. Ross had attempted to "set up" a purportedly impromptu meeting between Mr. Flores and the prominent quarterback. Mr. Flores refused the meeting and left the yacht immediately. After the incident, Mr. Flores was treated with disdain and held out as someone who was noncompliant and difficult to work with.
Noble07 said:
This is incredible. If the Dolphins were recruiting him and Deshaun was trying to pull one over on the BoB, what does this possibly mean for Houston? Do they get some kind of compensation, execute a clause to waive the contract, etc?
If tampering is proven, there are a lot of options on the table, including the tampering team sending draft assets to the tampered team.Noble07 said:
This is incredible. If the Dolphins were recruiting him and Deshaun was trying to pull one over on the BoB, what does this possibly mean for Houston? Do they get some kind of compensation, execute a clause to waive the contract, etc?
And Ross is apparently an investor in a sports betting website. This is going to go all sorts of ways...Ag_07 said:
And he's claiming that Ross offered $100k to Flores per loss.
This gonna get good
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Billionaire Stephen Ross has invested in the sports gambling startup the Action Network, yet another move by a National Football League (NFL) owner to capitalize on the growing trend of legal sports betting.
Tom Brady was the quarterback Stephen Ross allegedly wanted Brian Flores to meet in an alleged yacht meeting before Brady was a free agent according to a league source
— Joe Schad (@schadjoe) February 1, 2022
lunchbox said:If tampering is proven, there are a lot of options on the table, including the tampering team sending draft assets to the tampered team.Noble07 said:
This is incredible. If the Dolphins were recruiting him and Deshaun was trying to pull one over on the BoB, what does this possibly mean for Houston? Do they get some kind of compensation, execute a clause to waive the contract, etc?
What if the league allows the Texans to cancel the Watson deal and get their cap space back...AND....sends them draft picks from the Dolphins. Would be a win-win for the Texans in my book.
LOL - one of the guys on 610 said this would be the perfect time to hire McCown. Break/hide the news while everyone is still clamoring over the Flores lawsuit...and they could always say they were interested in Flores until he included the Texans in the lawsuit.Snake Jazz said:
In light of the Flores lawsuit, I don't see how the Texans can hire McCown. How can they hire a white guy with zero experience over a black coach who is coming off two winning seasons and not expect to get added to this lawsuit?
Of course, when it comes to stupidity, the Texans have a whole lot of "hold my beer" in them.
Every other teams were named as "John Doe"...since it is a class action lawsuit, it opens up other coaches/coaching candidates to sue the other 29.Ag_07 said:
I'd say there's a better chance they hire McCown than Flores.
Can't see the NFL being OK with a team hiring someone who's got a lawsuit filed against them and 3 other teams.
W said:
scratch Flores from the list --- don't want the headache
WIsh it'd happen for the HTX team...rbcs_2 said:
I think the allegations from Flores are extremely weak. But the NFL launching a real investigation on an owner? That type of thing only happens when the other owners are ready to kick another out of the billionaire's club.
Because he's probably never been to an FCA meeting like Josh McCown.EastTX_Ag said:
Hire Flores. If KOC is not serious about being the Texans head coach, hire Flores he was already a finalist for the job. It would finally put the franchise in a positive light. THis would help with fans and free agents. Why not do it?
Me if it gets out there that Culley won too many games, which violated the terms of his contract.thann07 said:WIsh it'd happen for the HTX team...rbcs_2 said:
I think the allegations from Flores are extremely weak. But the NFL launching a real investigation on an owner? That type of thing only happens when the other owners are ready to kick another out of the billionaire's club.
Sounds like Ross got Flores out on that yacht and figured there was no way he'd say no ... because of the implication.SeanDaAg2005 said:
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After the end of the 2019 season, Mr. Ross began to pressure Mr. Flores to recruit a prominent quarterback in violation of League tampering rules. Mr. Flores repeatedly refused to comply with these improper directives. Undeterred, in the winter of 2020, Mr. Ross invited Mr. Flores onto a yacht for lunch. Shortly after he arrived, Mr. Ross told Mr. Flores that the prominent quarterback was "conveniently" arriving at the marina. Obviously, Mr. Ross had attempted to "set up" a purportedly impromptu meeting between Mr. Flores and the prominent quarterback. Mr. Flores refused the meeting and left the yacht immediately. After the incident, Mr. Flores was treated with disdain and held out as someone who was noncompliant and difficult to work with.
