More emails from Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden emails were forwarded by the NFL to the team after a racially sensitive communication surfaced last week, which has led to Jon Gruden losing his job.
However, there is still a matter of the 650,000 emails reviewed as part of the investigation into workplace misconduct with the Washington Football Team. Leaked emails from that investigation that showed Jon Gruden used racist, misogynistic and anti-gay language led to the Las Vegas Raiders coach’s resignation Monday night, but absolutely nothing on the football team.
On Tuesday, Lisa Banks, and Debra Katz, who are attorneys for 40 former WFT employees released a statement demanding the league to release the full findings.
“It is truly outrageous that after the NFL’s 10-month long investigation involving hundreds of witnesses and 650,000 documents related to the longtime culture of harassment and abuse at the Washington Football Team, the only person to be held accountable and lose their job is the coach of the Las Vegas Raiders,” lawyers Lisa Banks and Debra Katz said in a statement. “If the NFL felt it appropriate to release these offensive emails from Jon Gruden, which it obtained during its investigation into the Washington Football Team, it must also release the findings related to the actual target of that investigation. Our clients and the public at large deserve transparency and accountability. If not, the NFL and (commissioner) Roger Goodell must explain why they appear intent on protecting the Washington Football Team and owner Dan Snyder at all costs.”
The NFL Players Association said Tuesday that they also plan to request that the NFL release the remainder of the 650,000 emails as well.
“We have had communications with the league, and the NFLPA plans to request that the NFL release the rest of the emails,” NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith told USA Today Sports in a telephone interview.
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The NFL completed its investigation into Washington’s workplace culture in July and fined them $10 million. Aside from that, Tanya Snyder took over the day-to-day duties of the franchise from her husband Dan and all senior executives, including the Snyders, were ordered to take part in workplace conduct training, according to ESPN.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was among NFL players and coaches to react to Gruden’s emails on Tuesday.
“I feel like in the locker room it’s a close-knit group of guys and we don’t treat people differently based on the way that they talk, where they’re from, what they’re into, what they look like. And I’m proud of that.”
Rodgers also said “hopefully we can all as a league learn and grow from this and hopefully it puts people on notice who have some of those same opinions. Like, ‘Hey man, it’s time to grow and evolve and change and connect and that s— doesn’t fly.'”
