I think the fact that discovery is now on the table gives the NFL an incentive to settle and up the offer in a settlement. Lawyers are expensive and the NFL has the advantage there. I could be wrong but I think Gruden takes the money. It’s like hitting the lottery, why would you work if you don’t have too?
I doubt Gruden needs money. When he was working as an announcer he was making a killing. Probably more than coaching.
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I used to work in the auto industry and we never settled. You could sue them and they would fight you to the end of time. It was all about not starting a trend. They don’t want lawyers to think they can sue them. So they will fight with the intention of bankrupting you and your lawyer. I wouldn’t be surprised if the NFL takes the same approach. They’re pretty damn evil.
Needing money compared to a working stiff is 2 different things. Regardless of your financial situation when you are offered 50M- 100M dollars your moral high ground dies on that hill. Let’s be real here!
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It’s the same with insurance companies. Deny every claim and payout those you lose in court.
Oh you’re probably right. Most people have a price. Plus the NFL is never gonna let those emails out
The NFL takes a hard stance on very issue until they lose in court. The last issue was CTE, they fought that tooth and nail until it was clear they were going to lose. Like I said, lawyers are expensive and the NFL has deep pockets.
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The owners for sure. Some of the richest people in the world
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Roger makes like 40M per year for a reason. He takes the brunt of the criticism so the owners don’t have too.
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For sure he is just their puppet boy!
I don’t think the Fords have ever been shitbags about this. Old man Ford was a lot of things but a shit bag was not one of them.
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According to AI he makes a lot more than that. He must be quite the “fixer”. I can tell that his personality is 100% a fraud. He’s not that good of an actor.
While Roger Goodell’s exact current salary is not publicly disclosed, it’s been reported that he earned $63.9 million annually for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. This figure, reported by ESPN, according to multiple sources, likely doesn’t include bonuses or other performance-based compensation, which can significantly increase his total earnings. A recent report suggests his current contract is heavily reliant on bonuses tied to meeting league goals.
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It kinda reads like it was his personal but they were sent to a league official. Either way, you give up your right to privacy when you hit send.
I think Gruden has a love for the game that only a bunch of crazy fanatics like ourselves can understand. Goodell has been an insult to the sport he (Gruden) loves. Goodell had emails released to the press in an effort to oust Gruden from the league for good. Once Gruden gets going on this, he’s going to pick up allies in the league that are completely over Goodell already. In the end, it’s Gruden’s love for the game that will drive him to see this through, with Goodell’s ousting being the goal.
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Aw, hell no! Chicago is going to be looking for a good HC by December.
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…And said he is willing to coach anywhere. He just wants to coach. I’m a bit surprised no college program has approached him.
This isn’t a guy chasing a payout. He wants in the game and he feels Goodell purposely destroyed him because he made comments about him.
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When we last wrote about Gruden’s legal battle in July 2024, he had just lost a hearing conducted by the Nevada Supreme Court’s three-judge panel, which determined that the NFL could, in fact, remove Gruden’s case from the public forum of a state courtroom into the league-friendly arbitration setting (in which Goodell himself could serve as the arbitrator).
However, Gruden was ultimately successful in securing a rehearing in front of the court’s full seven-judge panel, which held in a 5-2 decision that the league’s efforts to force a claim against the league filed by a former employee into arbitration proceedings overseen by the league commissioner (and named defendant) was “unconscionable.”
The seven judges were unanimous in their denial of the NFL’s request for a rehearing, and now the league’s only recourse in its quest for arbitration is to note an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Although the NFL has declined to comment on the matter, Van Natta’s sources have said such an attempt is unlikely.
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