Former NFL coach Jon Gruden loses Nevada high court ruling in NFL emails lawsuit
7 months, 1 week ago

Former NFL coach Jon Gruden loses Nevada high court ruling in NFL emails lawsuit

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Former NFL coach Jon Gruden lost a Nevada Supreme Court ruling Tuesday in a contract interference and conspiracy lawsuit he filed against the league after he resigned from the Las Vegas Raiders in 2021, but his lawyer said he will appeal. The panel majority, Justices Elissa Cadish and Kristina Pickering, said Gruden “expressly acknowledged” in his contract with the Raiders that he understood the NFL constitution allowed for arbitration to resolve disputes. “As a former Super Bowl champion coach and long-time media personality signing the most lucrative NFL coaching contract in history, while being represented by an elite agent, Gruden was the very definition of a sophisticated party,” Cadish and Pickering wrote. In her dissent, Justice Linda Marie Bell said the NFL constitution was a 447-page “take-it-or-leave-it” add-on to Gruden’s seven-page contract with the Raiders that left him with “unequal bargaining power.” “The majority indicates, and I agree, that the employment agreement is substantively unconscionable because Goodell acting as arbitrator is outrageous,” Bell wrote.

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NFL to appeal ruling in Gruden lawsuit over leaked emails
2 years, 6 months ago

NFL to appeal ruling in Gruden lawsuit over leaked emails

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — The NFL said Wednesday it will appeal a ruling denying a request to move former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden’s lawsuit against the league from a public courtroom into closed-door arbitration. “Neither the NFL nor the Commissioner leaked Coach Gruden’s offensive emails,” the league said in a statement issued after Clark County District Court Judge Nancy …

NFL asks Nevada court to dismiss lawsuit from Jon Gruden
2 years, 11 months ago

NFL asks Nevada court to dismiss lawsuit from Jon Gruden

Associated Press  

The NFL filed a motion asking a Nevada court to dismiss former Raiders coach Jon Gruden’s lawsuit against the league, saying the accusations that the the NFL leaked Gruden’s old, offensive emails are “baseless” and “should be dismissed for failure to state a single viable cause of action.” The league responded Wednesday to the suit Gruden filed in district court …

Gruden sues NFL over publication of his offensive emails
3 years, 1 month ago

Gruden sues NFL over publication of his offensive emails

Associated Press  

Former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden has sued Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL, alleging that a “malicious and orchestrated campaign” was used to destroy Gruden’s career by leaking old emails he had sent that included racist, misogynistic and homophobic comments. The emails sent to former Washington Football Team executive Bruce Allen from 2011 to 2018 during Gruden’s time …

Jon Gruden Sues NFL For Publishing His Offensive Emails
3 years, 1 month ago

Jon Gruden Sues NFL For Publishing His Offensive Emails

Huff Post  

“In contrast to the formalities of the Washington Football Team investigation, Defendants’ treatment of Gruden was a Soviet-style character assassination,” the lawsuit alleges. The Wall Street Journal reported on Oct. 8 that Gruden used a racist term to describe NFL union chief DeMaurice Smith. The suit says that NFL pressured the Raiders to fire Gruden after the release of that …

Raiders owner Mark Davis questions timing of Jon Gruden email leak
3 years, 1 month ago

Raiders owner Mark Davis questions timing of Jon Gruden email leak

LA Times  

Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis says he doesn’t believe the team was targeted in the leaking of emails that led to the resignation of coach Jon Gruden. Speaking after the NFL owners meetings ended Wednesday, Davis also acknowledged the team has reached a settlement with Gruden, who received a 10-year, $100-million contract to return to coach the team in …

Congress seeks information from NFL on WFT investigation
3 years, 2 months ago

Congress seeks information from NFL on WFT investigation

Associated Press  

A Congressional committee is seeking documents and information from the NFL regarding the investigation into the Washington Football Team and how the league handled it. “We have serious concerns about what appears to be widespread abusive workplace conduct at the WFT and about the NFL’s handling of this matter,” U.S. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight …

AP source: No one else in NFL cited with email violations
3 years, 2 months ago

AP source: No one else in NFL cited with email violations

Associated Press  

The NFL has found no other current team or league personnel to have sent emails containing racist, homophobic or misogynistic language similar to messages written by Jon Gruden that led to his resignation as Las Vegas Raiders coach, according to a person familiar with the documents. The person familiar with the investigation as well as emails told The Associated Press …

Jon Gruden resigns as Raiders coach over offensive emails
3 years, 2 months ago

Jon Gruden resigns as Raiders coach over offensive emails

Associated Press  

Jon Gruden has resigned as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after emails he sent before being hired in 2018 contained racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments. I’m sorry, I never meant to hurt anyone.” He stepped down after The New York Times reported that Gruden frequently used misogynistic and homophobic language directed at Commissioner Roger Goodell and others in the …

Raiders coach Jon Gruden resigns after reports of derogatory language in emails
3 years, 2 months ago

Raiders coach Jon Gruden resigns after reports of derogatory language in emails

NPR  

Raiders coach Jon Gruden resigns after reports of derogatory language in emails Gruden resigned following news reports that he used derogatory language in emails dating back to 2011. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Jon Gruden resigned last night as the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, and it's not because his team is losing. GOLDMAN: Well, last Friday, it was revealed …

Jon Gruden emails were part of June court filing by WFT owner Dan Snyder
3 years, 2 months ago

Jon Gruden emails were part of June court filing by WFT owner Dan Snyder

LA Times  

Several inflammatory emails by Jon Gruden were filed as exhibits in federal court by attorneys for Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder in mid-June, almost four months before they were leaked to two newspapers and led to Gruden’s resignation as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. In another email, the “ESPN Personality” wrote Allen in August 2014 and called a …

Opinion: Las Vegas Raiders coach’s emails spotlight a much deeper problem for the NFL
3 years, 2 months ago

Opinion: Las Vegas Raiders coach’s emails spotlight a much deeper problem for the NFL

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Peniel E. Joseph is the Barbara Jordan Chair in ethics and political values and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a professor of history. CNN — A Wall Street Journal report that longtime …

Jon Gruden’s draft-day trades with the Raiders: The good, the bad and to be determined
3 years, 8 months ago

Jon Gruden’s draft-day trades with the Raiders: The good, the bad and to be determined

New York Times  

Coach Jon Gruden hasn’t shied away from making trades involving draft picks since returning to the Raiders in 2018. Las Vegas has already made three trades this offseason involving draft picks: They traded offensive tackle Trent Brown and a 2022 seventh-round pick to the Patriots in return for a 2022 fifth-round pick, they traded guard Gabe Jackson to the Seahawks …

Raiders fined and docked draft pick for COVID-19 violations
4 years, 1 month ago

Raiders fined and docked draft pick for COVID-19 violations

LA Times  

Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden reacts during the second half against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday in Cleveland. The Las Vegas Raiders and coach Jon Gruden have been fined a total $650,000 and docked a sixth-round draft pick for repeated violations of the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols. A person familiar with the punishment said Thursday the team has been …

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