Jon Gruden Made Racist Remark About NFL Union Leader in Email

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Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden made a racist comment in a 2011 email while referring to NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith, who is black, the Wall Street Journal revealed on Friday. Gruden, then an ESPN analyst, sent the email to Bruce Allen, the then president of the franchise now known as the Washington Football Team. The message was uncovered amid a workplace misconduct investigation into the team, which included league executives reviewing hundreds of thousands of emails.

Gruden wrote in the email, referring to Smith, that “Dumboriss Smith has lips the size of michellin tires.”

Per the report:

A review of other emails in the same thread did not make it clear what prompted Gruden’s comment. The email chain initially began with several people discussing a TMZ story about Tiger Woods splitting with his longtime caddie. The discussion then shifted to NFL matters, although the context of the remarks was not clear.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/jon-gruden-made-racist-remark-about-nfl-union-leader-in-email/ar-AAPinlV

[Docreed2003]

1. Gruden didn't help himself either with his explanation

He tried to say that he makes comments about people with full lips all the time as a means of saying they're lying. Such BS.

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2. Hope the Raiders fire his racist ass. He is the most overrated head coach in the NFL.

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3. If Mark Davis is anything like his father, Gruden...

might get bought out if the Raiders don't do well in the playoffs this year.

Al Davis was the first NFL owner to hire a Black and then a Latino head coach.

Hard to see how Gruden's remarks sit well with all the POC players on the team. And remember the first player moves he made when he got the job was to trade his two best Black players.