Jon Gruden sues NFL and  commissioner Roger Goodell for allegedly leaking his emails to destroy him



Jon Gruden filed a lawsuit against the National Football League and its commissioner Roger Goodell for allegedly leaking his emails in order to destroy his career.

Gruden resigned as the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders in October after facing criticism over controversial statements he made in personal emails that were leaked to the media.

"The complaint alleges that the defendants selectively leaked Gruden's private correspondence to the Wall Street Journal and New York Times in order to harm Gruden's reputation and force him out of his job," read a statement from Adam Hosmer-Henner, an attorney representing Gruden.

"There is no explanation or justification for why Gruden's emails were the only ones made public out of the 650,000 emails collected in the NFL's investigation of the Washington Football Team or for why the emails were held for months before being released in the middle of the Raiders' season," he added.

A spokesperson for the NFL denied the claims in the lawsuit.

"The allegations are entirely meritless and the NFL will vigorously defend against these claims," said Brian McCarthy to CNN.

Gruden alleges in the lawsuit that the actions of the NFL led to "severe financial damages and harm to his career and reputation."

The lawsuit argues that only a few emails were selectively leaked from the investigation to the Washington Football Team.

"Out of 650,000 emails obtained months earlier in connection with the investigation into workplace misconduct by the Washington Football Team, Defendants weaponized a small subset that were authored by Gruden prior to his hiring by the Raiders," read the lawsuit. "Defendants then purposefully leveraged these emails to cause the termination of Gruden's coaching contract, endorsements, and sponsorships."

Gruden was among the highest paid coaches in the league, with a $100 million contract over 10 years. The Raiders had a 3-2 win/loss record before Gruden's departure and they notched two victories and one loss since then to reach a 5-3 record so far this season.

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Jon Gruden's cancellation has commenced: Former coach to be removed from stadium's Ring of Honor, replaced by 'generic likeness' in Madden NFL 22 game



After Jon Gruden resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders this week in the wake of reports featuring years-old emails in which he used language considered racist, homophobic, and sexist, Gruden's cancellation appears to be in full swing.

What happened?

Just hours after Gruden announced his resignation from the Raiders, one of his former teams — the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — said Tuesday that their former coach no longer will be part of the Ring of Honor at Raymond James Stadium.

"The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have advocated for purposeful change in the areas of race relations, gender equality, diversity and inclusion for many years," the team said in a statement. "While we acknowledge Jon Gruden's contributions on the field, his actions go against our core values as an organization. Therefore, he will no longer continue to be a member of the Buccaneers Ring of Honor."

Gruden led Tampa Bay to its first Super Bowl title in 2003.

But wait, there's more

Not to be outdone, EA Sports also brought the hammer down Tuesday, saying Gruden will be removed from its Madden NFL 22 video game "due to the circumstances" of his resignation — and be replaced by a "generic likeness."

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How did folks react?

While woke observers reveled in Gruden's subsequent cancellation, others viewed the turn of events a bit differently, calling out the powers that be as hypocrites for singling out Gruden while other NFL figures with questionable histories apparently get a pass.

"Yet I still have literal domestic abusers in the game??" one observer asked in relation to Gruden getting the boot from Madden NFL 22.

Others pointed out that Gruden wasn't the focal point of the investigation that led to the publication of emails' language.

"They really ruined this man's entire legacy/career over an investigation that had nothing to do with him … smh," one user noted in regard to Gruden's departure from the Bucs' Ring of Honor.

Anything else?

Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis on Wednesday morning told ESPN regarding his former head coach's exit, "I have no comment. Ask the NFL. They have all the answers."

TheBlaze's Jason Whitlock on Tuesday wrote that Gruden "broke at least seven of the woke religion's 10 commandments. His damnation to unemployment and disgrace was inevitable. He's a sinner cast into the fiery hell of cancel culture. The woke religion disavows forgiveness and mercy. The woke cult prefers retribution for thought crimes."