Gruden: He also disparaged NFL commissioner, owners in emails

Raiders manager Jon Gruden utilized vulgar connection to picture NFL commissioner Roger Goodell successful 1 of respective emails that were among the materials provided by the league to the Raiders this past week, Gruden confirmed to ESPN.

The sports web reported Sunday greeting that Gruden’s emails besides included harsh disapproval for a fistful of squad owners who were progressive successful the 2011 labour disagreement that led to a lockout.

“I was successful a atrocious framework of caput astatine the clip [in 2011], and I called Roger Goodell a [expletive] successful 1 of these emails too,” the Raiders manager told ESPN connected Friday night. “They were keeping players and coaches from doing what they emotion with a lockout. There besides were a batch of things being reported publically astir the information of the athletics that I love. I was connected a ngo with precocious schoolhouse shot [in the Tampa, Florida, area] during that time, and determination were a batch of parents who were frightened astir letting their kids play football. It conscionable didn’t beryllium good with me.”

Efforts to scope Gruden for further confirmation were unsuccessful. The Raiders play big to the Chicago Bears astatine 1 p.m. Sunday.

Gruden did not place immoderate of the owners helium cited successful a antagonistic airy pertaining to the labour negotiations.

Gruden told ESPN that helium was alert of 5 to 7 emails that were flagged by the league. Gruden was moving arsenic an expert for ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” astatine the time.

The NFL has said it is exploring disciplinary measures that mightiness beryllium taken against Gruden, though helium was not employed by the NFL oregon immoderate of its teams erstwhile the emails were sent.

The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that 1 of Gruden’s emails included a racist remark successful notation to NFL Players Association enforcement manager DeMaurice Smith.