Jon Gruden: Full email| Why did resign| Emails ny times…

Jon David Gruden is an American football coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League for 15 seasons. He held his first head coaching position with the Raiders franchise during their Oakland tenure from 1998 to 2001, where he won two division titles and made an AFC Championship Game appearance.

Jon Gruden: Full email| Why did resign| Emails ny times

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The NFL has uncovered yet more emails involving Raiders coach Jon Gruden from 2010 through 2018 in which he used sexist, homophobic and transphobic language, according to a report from The New York Times.

Shortly after the Times released its report, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero and ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Gruden had informed his team he would resign as head coach. Gruden later released a statement confirming his resignation:

Why did resign:

In 2015, Gruden condemned a congressional bill that attempted to force Washington to change its name from the Redskins, which many Native Americans view as a slur. Gruden received a link, also that year, detailing how players wanted Goodell to support them in efforts to promote racial equality and criminal justice reform.

“He needs to hide in his concussion protocol tent,” Gruden said.

Gruden also singled out individuals as targets of his hateful language. That includes Caitlyn Jenner, whom Gruden mocked when she won an award in 2015 after transitioning. 

Emails ny times:

In emails detailed by The New York Times, Raiders Coach Jon Gruden casually used misogynistic and homophobic language to disparage people. 

During a probe into allegations of workplace misconduct in the Washington Football Team organization and their owner Daniel Snyder, NFL investigators discovered an email Gruden had sent to former Washington team president Bruce Allen. Gruden wrote that NFL Players Association president DeMaurice Smith, who is black, had “lips the size of michellin [sic] tires.”