FILE – Las Vegas Raiders caput manager Jon Gruden speaks to the media aft an NFL shot signifier successful Henderson, Nev., successful this Saturday, July 31, 2021, record photo. Jon Gruden is retired arsenic manager of the Las Vegas Raiders aft emails helium sent earlier being hired successful 2018 contained racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments. Gruden released a connection Monday night, Oct. 11, 2021, that helium is stepping down aft The New York Times reported that Gruden often utilized misogynistic and homophobic connection directed astatine Commissioner Roger Goodell and others successful the NFL.(AP Photo/David Becker, File)
The NFL is not readying to marque nationalist immoderate of the hundreds of thousands of emails it obtained arsenic portion of an probe of the Washington Football Team, immoderate of which led to the resignation of Las Vegas Raiders manager Jon Gruden.
“Based connected the worldly that we person reviewed, we haven’t identified thing that needed to beryllium reported to nine oregon league leadership,” NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy told The Associated Press connected Tuesday. “We person released nary emails during this process.”
The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported that, from 2011-18 portion helium was an ESPN expert betwixt coaching jobs, Gruden utilized racist, misogynistic and homophobic connection directed astatine national main DeMaurice Smith, Commissioner Roger Goodell and others successful astir the NFL successful written exchanges with erstwhile Washington enforcement Bruce Allen.
The emails were gathered arsenic portion of an probe of the Washington Football Team aft erstwhile employees made allegations astir intersexual harassment and different workplace misconduct. The club, which is valued successful the billions, was fined $10 cardinal by the NFL and proprietor Dan Snyder stepped distant from day-to-day operations for a play of months, but determination was nary written study of lawyer Beth Wilkinson’s inquiry.
Lawyers representing 40 erstwhile employees of the squad connected Tuesday urged the NFL to instantly merchandise the afloat findings of the investigation. They called it “outrageous” that lone Gruden has been “held accountable” aft the 10-month probe.
Gruden, who had a 10-year, $100 cardinal declaration with the Raiders, stepped down Monday nighttime during the 4th play of a mostly unsuccessful tenure, going 22-31 with nary playoff appearances.
The fallout continued Tuesday, erstwhile the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the squad helium led to a Super Bowl rubric astir 2 decades ago, removed him from the Ring of Honor astatine Raymond James Stadium.
“The Tampa Bay Buccaneers person advocated for purposeful alteration successful the areas of contention relations, sex equality, diverseness and inclusion for galore years,” the Bucs said successful a one-paragraph statement. “While we admit Jon Gruden’s contributions connected the field, his actions spell against our halfway values arsenic an organization.”
Others successful and astir the athletics wondered what, if any, different ramifications mightiness beryllium connected the horizon.
Mostly, determination were questions.
What did Allen constitute to Gruden? Allen hung up the telephone erstwhile contacted by The Associated Press connected Tuesday.
Could different emails involving existent oregon erstwhile coaches oregon front-office types surface? What disciplinary steps, if any, would the NFL take, aft lasting backmost portion the Gruden occurrence played out?
And, possibly astir importantly: Just however pervasive and prevalent astir the league are the attitudes and opinions expressed by Gruden?
The caput of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, a watchdog radical that champions diverseness successful the NFL, said this occurrence is simply a reminder the hiring process should pb to radical who connection wide representation.
“There is nary spot for caput coaches who secretly — oregon brazenly — stock Gruden’s tiny mindedness,” said Rod Graves, the Alliance’s enforcement director. “We promote in-depth owed diligence and benchmark champion practices connected each levels erstwhile offering positions of leadership. It is imperative that each candidates espouse the values accordant with the responsibilities.”
The Players Coalition declined comment.
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