Brian Flores, who was fired as head coach of the Miami Dolphins earlier this month, filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday against the NFL and three of its teams for alleged racial discrimination. But the suit is "much bigger than coaching," he said in an interview with CBS Mornings on Wednesday.

Flores has alleged that race was at the center of his removal from the position, a problem that he says is endemic in the NFL. And despite the risks to his career — Flores has not yet secured a new coaching position — he felt a responsibility to speak out.

The suit, filed on the first day of Black History Month, is intended to "shine a light on the racial injustices that take place inside the NFL," according to a brief statement released by Wigdor LLP, the law firm representing Flores.

(The NFL policies put in place that were supposed to address racism in hiring, was just a facade to go through the motions, but keep racist hiring in place.)