{"id":61723,"date":"2025-08-12T05:05:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T05:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/61723\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T05:05:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T05:05:06","slug":"jon-gruden-vs-nfls-roger-goodell-nightmare-situation-revisiting-our-reporting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/61723\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Gruden vs. NFL&#8217;s Roger Goodell, Nightmare Situation: Revisiting Our Reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_e2r4ttbwk\"><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_1fly2ec\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/raiders\/las-vegas-jon-gruden-jeff-fisher-derek-carr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden<\/a> is currently engaged in a lawsuit against the NFL, where he alleges that the league leaked damaging emails to the press, forcing his resignation from the Raiders in the middle of the 2021 NFL season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_rkuxez0r7\">On Monday, Gruden won a massive battle as he continues his fight against the NFL. According to ESPN&#8217;s Don Van Natta, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled in Gruden&#8217;s favor, stating that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell&#8217;s involvement in Gruden&#8217;s arbitration cited a massive conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_k9tbuujmj\">&#8220;In their 5-2 ruling, justices did not determine whether or not the league had leaked Gruden&#8217;s emails, but they found that the league&#8217;s decision to force his complaint into arbitration proceedings overseen by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell &#8212; the target of Gruden&#8217;s civil lawsuit &#8212; was &#8220;unconscionable,&#8221; <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_1fly2ec\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45949298\/nevada-high-court-sides-ex-raiders-coach-jon-gruden-nfl-emails-lawsuit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote Van Natta.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_d2tomhrqg\">&#8220;As a former employee, Gruden should not have been bound by a provision in the NFL Constitution mandating arbitration for such complaints, the court ruled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_1kny7r0ac\">&#8220;By its own unambiguous language, the NFL Constitution no longer applies to Gruden,&#8221; the justices wrote. &#8220;If the NFL Constitution were to bind former employees, the Commissioner could essentially pick and choose which disputes to arbitrate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now, Gruden will be able to continue his pursuit for damages against the league<img class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\" alt=\"Jon Grude\" title=\"Jon Grude\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Former NFL Coache Jon Gruden have a laugh while attending an NFL training camp session ten at the Miller Electric Center, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in Jacksonville, Fla. [Doug Engle\/Florida Times-Union] \/ Doug Engle\/Florida Times-Union \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_zpczjal7v\">&#8220;We&#8217;re very pleased with the Nevada Supreme Court&#8217;s decision, not just for Coach Gruden but for all employees facing an employer&#8217;s unfair arbitration process,&#8221; said Adam Hosmer-Henner of McDonald Carano LLP, attorneys for Jon Gruden. &#8220;This victory further vindicates Coach Gruden&#8217;s reputation, and it clears the way to swiftly bringing him full justice and holding the NFL accountable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_oef7pzv9r\">Now that the ruling has been made, Gruden and the NFL enter new waters <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_hik655aiq\">Raiders On SI Beat Writer Hondo Carpenter reported about the case back in 2022, stating this was a dire situation for the NFL. With this recent ruling, Gruden gained more leverage in his fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_50ydp2wqq\">&#8216;Las Vegas attorney Sam Mirejovsky of the\u00a0<a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_1fly2ec\" href=\"https:\/\/samandashlaw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sam &amp; Ash Law Firm<\/a>\u00a0wrote this opinion on the case and shared it with Raiders On SI exclusively:<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_7ghd4q4ah\">&#8220;Gruden\u2019s lawsuit against the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell is the real deal,&#8221; reported <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_1fly2ec\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/raiders\/the-black-hole-plus\/sam-mirejovsky-roger-goodell-jon-gruden-mark-davis-nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carpenter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_rpshv5v2q\">&#8220;Now that a Nevada district court judge has ruled the case can proceed in open court and not through a confidential arbitration process, the entire situation has become significantly more dire for the defendants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_2qbahhaom\">Carpenter was right. Let&#8217;s see how this plays out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_fxa846ok9\">Join us on X (formerly Twitter)\u00a0<a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_1fly2ec\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HondoCarpenter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@HondoCarpenter<\/a>\u00a0and Instagram\u00a0<a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_1fly2ec\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hondosr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@HondoSr<\/a>\u00a0so\u00a0you never miss another story on the Raiders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_9s3d3gk97\">We invite you to interact with us when you check out our Facebook page,\u00a0<a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_1fly2ec\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61575174330809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WHEN YOU CLICK RIGHT HERE<\/a>\u00a0right this second!<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden is currently engaged in a lawsuit against the NFL, where&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-61723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}