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Reported racist comment from Jon Gruden draws NFL rebuke
The Associated Press ^ | October 8, 2021 | By BARRY WILNER

Posted on 10/08/2021 3:37:21 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

A report that Jon Gruden used a racist comment about NFL Players Association leader DeMaurice Smith in an email 10 years ago drew a strong and quick rebuke Friday from the NFL.

A Wall Street Journal story noted that Gruden, then working for ESPN and now coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, referred in a racist way to Smith’s facial features.

“The email from Jon Gruden denigrating DeMaurice Smith is appalling, abhorrent and wholly contrary to the NFL’s values,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said. “We condemn the statement and regret any harm that its publication may inflict on Mr. Smith or anyone else.”

The league is looking into the matter and a person familiar with that probe told The Associated Press that disciplinary action is possible for Gruden. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because details of any league probe are not made public.

“Dum­b­oriss Smith has lips the size of michellin tires,” Gruden wrote in the email re­viewed by the newspaper.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Sports
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To: dfwgator

I think it was Katie Couric who asked Tina Turner, “Who has bigger lips, you or Mick Jagger?”


21 posted on 10/08/2021 4:52:05 PM PDT by gnickgnack2 ( Another bad day for Trump, he only got seven major things accomplished .)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
…in an email 10 years ago…

Oh, good grief.

22 posted on 10/08/2021 4:53:52 PM PDT by Allegra (Let’s Go Brandon!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Of course, nothing was ever said about many people making fun of Gruden’s looks by calling him “Chucky” after the Chucky doll...


23 posted on 10/08/2021 4:56:17 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Who cares what the NFL does?


24 posted on 10/08/2021 5:20:59 PM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Thought Police Alert!
25 posted on 10/08/2021 5:21:17 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

““Dum­b­oriss Smith has lips the size of michellin tires,” Gruden wrote in the email re­viewed by the newspaper.”

Remember to chant F’ Joe Biden at the next NFL game, all you good and faithful patriots. God will love you for it.


26 posted on 10/08/2021 5:59:54 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Federal courts no longer have any standing in America. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I did a google image search. The gentleman’s lips are indeed large. Is it racist to simply point out an unusually sized attribute? If I said that Joe Montana has a larger than average nose, is that racist against Italian-Polish Americans?


27 posted on 10/08/2021 6:04:36 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

10 years ago


28 posted on 10/08/2021 6:21:23 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The NFL’s values are not based on the Ten Commandments or the New Testament. After all, Gruden’s words are harmless and twisting them is against Commandment #9 and against charity. NFL is a failure in moral authority.


29 posted on 10/08/2021 8:33:43 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
This came out precisely at the time that DeMaurice Smith's tenure as NFLPA president is up. The owners want to keep Smith in there because they know he's an incompetent boob.

As NFLPA President, he's a rubber-stamp for the Commissioner's office. If he was a real leader of the union, he'd insist on a 15-game season, two off weeks during season, no Sunday-Thursday games (only play on Thursdays after an off-week), guaranteed contracts like they have in the NHL, MLB, and NBA, farm teams for each franchise, and 60-man rosters (53 active and 7 practice players).

However, DeMaurice Smith is an acolyte of Barack Obama, which means cares more into left-wing agitating, than the health of the players.

30 posted on 10/11/2021 5:41:30 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (The best slaves put their own chains on )
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To: shanover

That’s the racist comment? Good grief.


31 posted on 10/11/2021 6:30:45 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (I do not recognize Biden’s authority. Or Fauci’s.)
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