NFL Scores Again: Court rules Jon Gruden cannot sue the NFL, so it will go to arbitration
Jon Gruden was hoping to sue the NFL through the Supreme Court in Nevada, but the judges sided with the NFL in the case.
A three-judge panel of Nevada’s Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the NFL saying that he was subject to arbitration even as a former employee and thus ineligible to sue the league over his 2021 termination.
By a 2-1 margin, the highest court in the state reversed an earlier decision that would’ve allowed Gruden’s lawsuit against the NFL to move forward in public, instead determining that it falls under the league’s arbitration provision.
The ruling essentially means that, barring a successful appeal, the claims in Gruden’s lawsuit will be dealt with outside of the public eye − with commissioner Roger Goodell, or someone appointed by him, overseeing the league’s arbitration proceedings.
The case was remanded to the lower court with an order to grant the arbitration motion.
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