Gruden Survives the NFL’s Motion to Dismiss, But It is a Long Way to the End Zone

By Robert J. Romano, JD, LLM, St. John’s University, Senior Writer In October of 2021, Jon Gruden stepped down as the head football coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after a series of homophobic, misogynistic, and racist emails he penned targeting Commissioner Roger Goodell, NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith, former NFL openly gay player Michael Sam, together with a number of other NFL owners, coaches, and media personalities, were published in both The Wall Stree