The NFL fired a writer, and he's suing claiming discrimination. He's including some shocking things in his complaint.
Trotter, who is African American, confronted Goodell about minority hiring - a topic he also broached with the Commissioner prior to Super Bowl LVI in 2022.
'You and other league officials have said that the league's commitment to diversity, equity inclusion extends beyond the sidelines and front offices and is applied to all aspects of the company,' Trotter said at Goodell's February press conference.
'I've worked at NFL Media for five years, during those five years we have never had a Black person in senior management in our newsroom,' continued Trotter. 'That's a problem because we cover a league, that according to league data, the player population is 60-70 percent Black, which means that there's no one who looks like these players at the table when decisions are being made about how they are covered.
'More concerning is that for a year-plus now we have not had a full-time Black employee on the news desk, which again is a problem because we cover a league whose player population is 60-70 percent Black.
'I asked you about these things last year and your answer was that the league had fallen short and you were going to review all of your policies and practices to try and improve this and yet a year later nothing has changed.'
Goodell did not offer many particulars.
'I do not know specifically about our media business, and I will check in again with our people, but I'm comfortable that we made significant progress across the league,' he said.
