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Former Cleveland Browns head coach Hue
Jackson backed off a prior insinuation that team owner Jimmy Haslam
offered him money to lose games during his three-year tenure.
Jackson, who was hired as Grambling
State’s head coach in December, made a series of Twitter posts
Tuesday about his time in Cleveland after former Miami Dolphins head
coach Brian Flores filed a lawsuit against the Dolphins, Denver
Broncos, New York Giants and the NFL alleging racial discrimination in their
hiring processes.
“Trust me it was a good number!” Jackson, who served as the Browns’ coach from 2016 until midway through the 2018 season, wrote on Twitter when questioned about Haslam’s alleged offer amid a purported desire to lose games in order to improve draft position.
He attempted to clarify the situation
during an interview Friday with CNN’s Anderson Cooper.
“No, I was never offered money
like Brian had mentioned,” Jackson said. “I think this is a
totally different situation but has some similarities.”
He added: “When you talk about
incentivizing a four-year plan that led to the team not being able to
play as well, that people benefited off of that—that’s different.
But at the same time, it has some of the same similarities to it.”
This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.
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