11-14-2021, 11:58 AM
(10-13-2021, 02:59 PM)Nately120 Wrote: He was a representative of the NFL as an announcer, though. His job involved the NFL and his job involves the NFL now, so it should still apply. If I joined a terroristic group in college and then decided 10 years later that I wanted to work for the Department of Defense, it's not going to matter that those transgressions occurred before I was on payroll.
Also, the "other people do stuff" defense isn't applicable, is it? Does the NFL have to force Dan Snyder to sell before they can dismiss Gruden? I don't get what the big deal is, here. I guess if enough people protest Gruden getting fired the NFL will cave in and give him his job back though, since apparently mob rule is what guides the country these days. Also, Gruden's emails came to light because the NFL was investigating the organization he sent them to, so this does seem like a bit of a "just the surface" sort of thing.
Anyways, what should the NFL do in your opinion? Just ignore it? Just say that it's ok Gruden said this stuff because he's just a dumbass football coach? At least he isn't a rapist like that Steeler QB probably is? I guess I don't see what people want here, other than the NFL to just ignore this and force Mark Davis to ignore it and keep Gruden around for another 6 years.
I don't think anyone expects Gruden to get his job back in any scenario, nor does anyone want him to.
The problem here is that the league did something that smells an awful lot like blackmail. They were gong to leak until Davis's hand was forced, and they were going to leak information about a very specific person, who was making negative statements about another very specific person, who just so happened to be the head of the organization conducting the investigation.
Until the league discloses the other 650k emails, this looks extremely, uh, targeted, we'll say. If there's anything else at all that could be construed as incriminating, then whoever sent such a questionable email that ever used a league server is sweating bullets right now. The league would have weaopnonized information at it's disposal to use whenever it felt it to be useful to it's own ends.
Do they have such information? I have no idea. Best way to end it all is to release everything and remove doubt.
Gruden being a POS is the front for them to get away with that kind of mob-style disposal of opposition. They gambled that nobody would notice the nature of the leaks because they'd be too busy railing on Gruden after his statements became public knowledge. Problem is, nobody gives a shit about him. His own fans largely wanted him gone. He became irrelevant almost the instant he got dumped, and an even worse tragedy has befallen the team he was running. Nobody forgot about the 650k emails or the investigation. I'd argue that the league outing him was a mercy killing for a career that never should have re-started in the first place. Gruden committing a fireable offense should not allow the league to implement blackmail as a policy to do away with it's perceived enemies. The countermeasure to Gruden's actions has been fulfilled. The questions about the NFL's handling of it are still largely unanswered.
