By The relationship between the emails and Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder’s choice to sell the club was emphasised in a recent ESPN piece concentrating on the emails that caused Jon Gruden to resign as Raiders coach. Before the release of the Gruden emails, which spurred Congress to initiate an inquiry, it was commonly known that Snyder had avoided serious sanctions. As a result, Snyder was finally forced to sell the franchise.
The unanswered mystery of who released the Gruden emails and Gruden’s intention to use Nevada’s civil court system to learn the truth, however, are what constitute the true news. Roger Goodell, the NFL commissioner, and the NFL have been accused of leaking the emails, according to Gruden. If Gruden’s claim moves past the initial arbitration round, he will have the chance to undertake discovery and gather information.
If the emails weren’t transmitted using means that are impossible to trace, the discovery process will probably uncover the truth. Unless the emails were exchanged wholly secretly, a digital forensics specialist working for Gruden’s legal team could be able to trace the technological route that led to their being leaked to the media.
One idea is revealed after carefully reading the ESPN story. Knowing the two men’s tumultuous pasts and foreseeing Goodell’s desire to permanently ban Gruden from the league, it’s plausible that Snyder purposefully gave Goodell access to the Gruden emails as a gesture of goodwill. The Raiders owner Mark Davis could have been persuaded to fire Gruden by Goodell using the emails as leverage.
There may have been unintended advantages to this series of events as well. DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association, narrowly prevailed in a vote to keep his post thanks to the timing of the original leak, which contained a racist epithet thrown at him. Additionally, it enabled the league to provide the idea that prompt action was taken in response to a head coach’s racial remarks.
Although the story gives potential candidates for Gruden’s legal team to look into, it does not identify the source of the leaks. If the matter goes to open court, the remaining 650,000 emails could also be interesting. According to Gruden, a large number of league players are implicated in these materials.
Gruden will have a lot more clout if he pursues his legal complaint instead of arbitration. The lawsuit’s discovery phase may result in a sizable monetary settlement or perhaps provide Goodell the chance to leverage his connections to assist Gruden land a new head coaching position in the NFL.
Now, Gruden is only marginally relevant as he advises the Saints as they add Derek Carr, a former student of Gruden. Surprisingly, the league office has not censured the Saints for their affiliation with Gruden, perhaps signalling concern about the potential consequences of the situation. Perhaps the league office should be concerned if it isn’t already.
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