Andre Rison remains on the side of former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden.
Jon Gruden, who resigned as Raiders coach last October after emails were uncovered showing him using racist, homophobic and misogynistic language, hasn’t found too many people in his corner, but Rison is one of those people speaking out in favor of him.
“No one is God,” Rison told TMZ Sports. “For some reason in today’s time, everybody think they’re God now because social media and whatever other platforms that they can voice their opinions. God gave him the gift to coach and it’s up to him and God if he repents, and forgives for his negatives and his faults and his defaults, I have no problem with it.”
Rison, who played for Gruden as a member of the Raiders during the 2000 season, never saw any racist behavior from Gruden and doesn’t believe he is a racist.
“For him to be a racist, if he was a racist, he darn sure gave a lot of black athletes chances and opportunities to put food on the table for their families,” Rison said.
The 59-year-old Gruden recently appeared at Arkansas football’s Little Rock Touchdown Club and called the contents of the emails that cost him his job “shameful” and said he hoped to “get another shot” at coaching.
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