One way or the other, the Shield almost always gets what it wants. Even if it's in a Nevada court room.
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled on behalf of the NFL on Tuesday in Jon Gruden's ongoing lawsuit against the league.
In a 2-1 ruling, the Court ruled that the former Raiders and Bucs head coach was bound by the NFL's arbitration rules and thus ineligible to sue the NFL for his 2021 termination.
During the NFL's investigation of the Washington Commanders and former owner Daniel Snyder, Gruden's emails to team executive Bruce Allen, in which Gruden used racist and homophobic language, leaked to the New York Times. The revelation of said emails forced Gruden to resign as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders in October 2021, and nearly three years later the case is still ongoing.
Gruden's lawsuit accuses NFL commissioner Roger Goodell of leaking the emails. Goodell was the primary target of Gruden's leaked emails. The NFL has denied the claim.
Gruden was not an NFL employee at the time he wrote the emails, and is not an NFL employee today, but the Nevada Court ruled his case is still bound by the NFL's constitution. The NFL argued that Gruden's contract with the Raiders was bound by the NFL Constitution.
As such, Gruden's suit will now go to arbitration, a process the NFL controls and where any discovery will not be made public.
And so after winning on the road in Nevada, the NFL will now take on a disgruntled former employee on its home turf. Who do we think's going to win there?
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