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Former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden has been fighting to make sure his lawsuit against the NFL is resolved in court rather than being sent to arbitration, and according to a report from Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, Gruden now has to play by the rules.
“I remain concerned with Gruden’s, Gruden’s side’s delays and lack of cooperation, lack of compliance with the rules,” said district judge Joe Hardy via Noble Brigham of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The issue apparentely revolves around the discovery process in the lawsuit, in which Gruden claims the NFL deliberately leaked otherwise confidential emails in an effort to force him out as the Raiders’ head coach in October 2021, per Florio.
“No explanation was proffered by Gruden’s side that would address the court’s concern about the delays, particularly in light of months ago, when I said, in Gruden’s favor and against the NFL’s position, we’re going forward,” Judge Hardy said. “Gruden understandably at least represented to me that their side wanted to proceed expeditiously and has done the opposite of that.”
The claim here by the NFL is that Gruden has been withholding information to which the league is entitled, with the NFL addressing the issues as follows:
"[T]he NFL Parties cannot defend this case with both hands tied behind their backs,” the NFL’s lawyers wrote. “Discovery is the mechanism by which litigants discover the truth, but Gruden does not want the truth discovered.”
The judge agreed, and he chastised both Gruden and his lawyers.
“You’re saying you’re proceeding expeditiously, but clearly you’re not,” Judge Hardy told Gruden’s lawyers.
The judge’s criticism comes as Gruden is about to return to the broadcast booth, albeit on a very limited basis. He’ll be doing play-by-play for a preseason game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Aug. 22 for a local Tampa TV station. Gruden lives locally in the Tampa area, and he’ll be pairing up with former Buc Ronde Barber as his analyst.
Gruden has talked about winging it and not knowing how it’s going to turn out, so that part will be interesting. The former Raiders coach spent ten years in the booth for ESPN doing Monday Night Football, but play-by-play will be a new gig. It’s unclear at this point if there’s any connection between the lawsuit and Gruden’s announcing gig, as the league has been trying to get the former to go away for years.
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“I remain concerned with Gruden’s, Gruden’s side’s delays and lack of cooperation, lack of compliance with the rules,” said district judge Joe Hardy via Noble Brigham of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The issue apparentely revolves around the discovery process in the lawsuit, in which Gruden claims the NFL deliberately leaked otherwise confidential emails in an effort to force him out as the Raiders’ head coach in October 2021, per Florio.
“No explanation was proffered by Gruden’s side that would address the court’s concern about the delays, particularly in light of months ago, when I said, in Gruden’s favor and against the NFL’s position, we’re going forward,” Judge Hardy said. “Gruden understandably at least represented to me that their side wanted to proceed expeditiously and has done the opposite of that.”
The claim here by the NFL is that Gruden has been withholding information to which the league is entitled, with the NFL addressing the issues as follows:
"[T]he NFL Parties cannot defend this case with both hands tied behind their backs,” the NFL’s lawyers wrote. “Discovery is the mechanism by which litigants discover the truth, but Gruden does not want the truth discovered.”
The judge agreed, and he chastised both Gruden and his lawyers.
“You’re saying you’re proceeding expeditiously, but clearly you’re not,” Judge Hardy told Gruden’s lawyers.
The judge’s criticism comes as Gruden is about to return to the broadcast booth, albeit on a very limited basis. He’ll be doing play-by-play for a preseason game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Aug. 22 for a local Tampa TV station. Gruden lives locally in the Tampa area, and he’ll be pairing up with former Buc Ronde Barber as his analyst.
Gruden has talked about winging it and not knowing how it’s going to turn out, so that part will be interesting. The former Raiders coach spent ten years in the booth for ESPN doing Monday Night Football, but play-by-play will be a new gig. It’s unclear at this point if there’s any connection between the lawsuit and Gruden’s announcing gig, as the league has been trying to get the former to go away for years.
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