The question begs can you be a good person if you do or say a bad thing?
The answer is probably yes because we all have done things we wish we would take back, and most people aren’t famous, so those things aren’t exposed to the world.
Also, considering we know the NFL was hiding a lot more than they were letting on, I believe some (not all) would be on board with giving Gruden a second shot.
Here is Gruden asking for another shot while taking a shot at ESPN.
“I’m ashamed about what has come about in these emails, and I’ll make no excuses for it,” he said. “It’s shameful. But, I am a good person. I believe that. I go to church. I’ve been married for 31 years. I’ve got three great boys. I still love football. I’ve made some mistakes. But I don’t think anybody in here hasn’t. And I just ask for forgiveness and, hopefully, I get another shot.”
Gruden’s emails, which contained racist, anti-gay and misogynistic language, first came to light in a Wall Street Journal article Oct. 8. He was on the sideline for the Raiders that weekend, and The New York Times published an article Oct. 11 that contained additional emails. Gruden, who had signed a 10-year contract worth a reported $100 million to leave ESPN’s Monday Night Football booth and return to the Raiders in 2018, resigned that night.
The emails came to light in an NFL investigation into workplace conditions with the Washington franchise as Gruden was messaging with then-Washington executive Bruce Allen.
The NFL, the lawsuit contends, had been in possession of the emails since June 2021.
“Ask the NFL,” Raiders owner Mark Davis told ESPN at the time. “They have all the answers.”
“I get a choked up, you know, because there’s a lot of misunderstanding out there right now,” he said. “What you read, what you hear, what you watch on TV. Hell, I worked at ESPN for nine years. I worked hard at that job. I don’t even want to watch the channel anymore because I don’t believe everything is true. And I know a lot of it is just trying to get people to watch. But I think we’ve got to get back to reality.”
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