So have we talked about the timing of the Jon Gruden thing yet?
Because it was essentially a Friday news dump, right? Not that @WSJSports has any control over when it gets the info, but a source had to leak that information. You can't request private email correspondence.
Because it was essentially a Friday news dump, right? Not that @WSJSports has any control over when it gets the info, but a source had to leak that information. You can't request private email correspondence.
Being the cynical fellow I am, I believe that this is the NFL trying to see what public reaction is like to what Gruden did before deciding on a punishment. It was a trial balloon.
Gruden did not seem to be surprised to be asked about it. The #Raiders and the NFL issued responses the day it was reported, and by dumping it on Friday, it put the league's broadcast partners first in line to assess the severity of the comments and contextualize them.
Gruden's assertion that his insult of DeMaurice Smith was not racial is not at all believable. He says that he refers to liars as having "rubber lips" which I've never heard anyone do. If he has, he should be able to find an example.
This is a guy who has spent more than the past 20 years of his life speaking at length in public. This is also someone in a position of power over a work force, the majority of whom are Black.
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