Anyone else think this whole thing is absurd?
He wrote these emails 10 years ago, when he wasn’t even employed by the Raiders. They were private emails. He insulted some people. So what? Why is this such a crime against humanity, that someone must lose their job?
How in the sam hill, did political correctness become such a strong force in our society?
When did the first amendment die?
“Anyone else think this whole thing is absurd?”
Completely ridiculous.
“How in the sam hill, did political correctness become such a strong force in our society?”
We let them dig their heels in, then the “frog in the pot” applies.
The racist trope he wrote about the head of the NFLPA is what really crossed the line. No way he can command a locker room in a league that’s 70% black players.
I agree, but lets face it - we were into the woke world in 2018, when his contract was written, regardless of when the term “woke” first emerged. If his lawyers did not carve out some minimums for him, they should be sued for malpractice. My guess is he sees 2 years of the 6 years of outstanding compensation.
Some teams will henceforth add provisions for exactly this kind of thing. Coaches with adequate clout will eliminate those provisions in negotiation. Unless the NFL puts them into a league standard contract.
Wonder if any other heads will roll at ESPN.
The leaked emails were part of the Dan Snyder /”Washington Football Team” investigation. The conspiracy is that this is related to the legal battles between Synder and the minority team share holders.
How? The dems desperately need black/brown votes to stay in power. They and their media cohorts have to stoke the racism/injustice/blahblahblah fires. Without that support the demonrats fade away.
10 years ago through to 3 years ago. And he was sending emails to a Redskins corporate account. And the person on the other side of that account got mixed up in a series of hostile work environment lawsuits. Which got the NFL investigating the team. Which is how they found the long series of emails revolving around every slur out there. And then when the first email got leaked on friday he had the stupidity to act like it was a 1 time thing, not realizing that if they got that 1 they probably got the rest.
It’s not about political correctness. It’s about don’t be an ass. Especially not while leaving a trail on corporate servers. And don’t be the focus of a scandal. No good comes from that.
Think it’s the NFL Commissioner’s Office that pushed this.
Well, let the NFL pay Gruden then. IMHO, they will have no choice. Gruden would win in court, easily.
There is nothing performance-related in forcing him out. They did so based on decade-old private emails.
This is a prescription for a lawsuit.