NFL finally responds to Jon Grudens laws
It took more than two months, but the NFL has finally responded to the lawsuit in the state of Nevada.Back in November, the former coach filed a lawsuit against Roger Goodell and the NFL alleging "that the defendants selectively leaked Gruden's private correspondence to and in order to harm Gruden's reputation and force him out of his job."In a response to the lawsuit, the NFL vehemently shot down Gruden's claims that the league leaked the
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Isac Lundestrom Jersey as referees,' and frequently used homophobic and sexist slurs to refer to Commi sioner Goodell, then-Vice President Joseph Biden, a gay profe sional football player drafted in 2014, and others," the league wrote, .The leaked emails didn't just hurt Gruden, they also hurt the NFL."The crux of Gruden's Complaint is that somehow the NFL or the Commi sioner 'leaked' his non-confidential emails (which were already sitting in the hands of Gruden's many recipients and as to which Gruden had no colorable expectation of privacy) to, for some inexplicable reason, destroy his career and ruin his reputation, despite the fact that the emails precipitated numerous media stories critical of the League, and also negatively impacted the League and the Raiders in the middle of the football season."It will be interesting to see where this case goes next. Of course, if the NFL gets its way, the case won't
Dennis Rasmussen Men Jersey be going anywhere because it will be getting dismi sed. Gruden is seeking an unspecified amount of money in the case, based on seven different claims. The league has said from the beginning that it believes the case is