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He alleges it was a forced resignationIIRC, didn't Gruden quit? He'd have a lot better case IMHO if he had waited to be fired. Of course... I'm no attorney...
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.He alleges it was a forced resignationIIRC, didn't Gruden quit? He'd have a lot better case IMHO if he had waited to be fired. Of course... I'm no attorney...
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Precisely. The Founding Fathers envisioned a world where small scumbags become big scumbags. They realized that they would never become big scumbags until they could get out from under King George III, who was no slouch as a scumbag himself.To use wrestling terminology, it is a heel vs heel match. No good guy here.
Gruden is a scumbag suing bigger scumbags.
I hope and pray Gruden takes that miserable POS to the cleaners.
Unlikely, but I'd love for Goodell to be found solely and completely liable and have to pay out of his own pocket.Gruden has more than enough money to fund a strong legal challenge, and he's got a strong motivation, revenge.
Some say he will go for the $50+M left on his Raiders contract, but I think it will be more.
He can claim he could keep earning into his 70s (he's currently 58).
Plenty of examples of coaches and broadcasters working deep into their 60s and even into their 70s (Terry B?).
He can/will claim NJFL took all that away from him by targeted, malicious leaks.
Rodger paid himself $128M over the last two seasons, that sounds like a reasonable target to aim for.
I have always wondered when and why the mindset and role of the commissioner changed . If I remember correctly, Tagliabue wasn't like this, he was pretty straight laced and the NFL was so much better than. What the he** changed ?? I don't remember him ever going after one organization so maliciously like Goddell did with the Patriots.
Yeah dude, because Portnoy would never do that kind of thing. It's just not consistent with any of his prior statements or expressed attitudes.another hit job by the "establishment" going after someone who doesn't bow down to the NFL overlords....similar to the coordinated hit on Portnoy
IANAL but as I understand things: No those emails are not the NFL’s property. They are property of the WFT.As much as his leaked emails disgust me, I hope he wins the lawsuit. You can go on about those are the nfls emails property but I do find it odd, like everyone else that only Grudens were released. 650,000 emails and none released regarding the investigation at hand which was the WFT cheerleading scandal. No juicy deflategate details or other scandals. Definitely imo they burned down Gruden to take the heat off and also a vendetta for Grudens xomments regarding Goofdell. Knowing what we know about the nazi pos sob, would anyone be surprised?
Yes it’s SOP, but aren’t courts generally inclined to regard loss of job as actionable damages, and the responsibility therefor to be dependent upon facts to be developed at trial? In other words, unlikely to dismiss if not patently frivolous?So far I haven't seen a copy of the lawsuit and the "seven claims for unspecified damages," so take this for what it's worth. The first defense filed in literally every civil lawsuit is some version of Plaintiff has failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. In simple English, it means that even if everything Gruden alleges is considered true, he still hasn't stated an actionable claim.
"In contrast to the formalities of the Washington Football Team investigation, Defendants' treatment of Gruden was a Soviet-style character assassination," the lawsuit says. "There was no warning and no process. Defendants held the emails for months until they were leaked to the national media in the middle of the Raiders' season in order to cause maximum damage to Gruden." OK but so what? Just because Ginger Satan and the Snyders did him dirty, doesn't mean he's entitled to relief. I'm definitely looking forward to reading the lawsuit to see how he gets there.
Where Chucky has all his leverage is in discovery. If he can survive a Motion to Dismiss, he can presumably get to the 500K+ emails and start taking lots of depositions. The NFL will do anything to stop that from happening, including paying him off.
The simple answer is no. Damages are damages. To survive a Motion to Dismiss, you've got to allege more than "I lost my job." Now, you can be sure one of the counts is Tortious Interference with a Contractual Relationship, with the contractual relationship being his employment contract. He'll have to have some proof that the league released the emails, which will be a tough hill to climb.Yes it’s SOP, but aren’t courts generally inclined to regard loss of job as actionable damages?
IMO, it's NJFL jealousy, with a healthy dose of anti-semitism thrown in.I don't remember him ever going after one organization so maliciously like Goddell did with the Patriots.
I love economic torts, they stop people from ****ing with your livelihood.The simple answer is no. Damages are damages. To survive a Motion to Dismiss, you've got to allege more than "I lost my job." Now, you can be sure one of the counts is Tortious Interference with a Contractual Relationship, with the contractual relationship being his employment contract. He'll have to have some proof that the league released the emails, which will be a tough hill to climb.
Look, I haven't seen the Complaint so this is all wild ass speculation. It's quite possible he has made one or more actionable claims. I hope he has because I would love to see a loathsome Plaintiff and even more loathsome Defendants fight it out in Court. The entertainment value would be awesome.
So far I haven't seen a copy of the lawsuit and the "seven claims for unspecified damages," so take this for what it's worth. The first defense filed in literally every civil lawsuit is some version of Plaintiff has failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. In simple English, it means that even if everything Gruden alleges is considered true, he still hasn't stated an actionable claim.
"In contrast to the formalities of the Washington Football Team investigation, Defendants' treatment of Gruden was a Soviet-style character assassination," the lawsuit says. "There was no warning and no process. Defendants held the emails for months until they were leaked to the national media in the middle of the Raiders' season in order to cause maximum damage to Gruden." OK but so what? Just because Ginger Satan and the Snyders did him dirty, doesn't mean he's entitled to relief. I'm definitely looking forward to reading the lawsuit to see how he gets there.
Where Chucky has all his leverage is in discovery. If he can survive a Motion to Dismiss, he can presumably get to the 500K+ emails and start taking lots of depositions. The NFL will do anything to stop that from happening, including paying him off.