The public has grudgingly supported disgraced former Raiders coach Jon Gruden in his fight against the NFL. You wouldn't think he could come back from the racist, sexist, homophobic, slur-filled emails that got leaked last year.
People want to watch the world burn, and if he is the one with the match, so be it.
After a judge ruled yesterday that his case could go to trial, the NFL and Jon Gruden are facing a major decision. Either the case will get settled by the owners, or it will move to the pretrial discovery period, where his lawyers will begin gathering evidence in an attempt to prove that Roger Goodell leaked him.
If the NFL owners are willing to pay him a lot, his great-great-great grandchildren won't have to work a day in their lives.
This is going to get interesting if he is doing this for the money or if he is trying to bring everyone down with him. It's not like he was the only one in the league who was saying or writing shit like that. That kind of rhetoric isn't born in a vacuum, especially knowing some of the other questionable reputations throughout the NFL.
One can only hope that he is angry enough to not settle. The league plans to appeal, but in Nevada judge Nancy Allf's ruling she stated that she was concerned with the commissioner having the sole power to determine employee disputes.
This is particularly interesting, as this could be helping former Dolphins coach Brian Flores in his racial discrimination lawsuit against the NFL. The Nevada judge's decision sets an interesting precedent for Flores, a guy who is a lot easier to support in his efforts. These cases might be the best chance to expose the leadership of the NFL, but we should keep our expectations in check.
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