And Tanya Snyder, wife of WFT owner Dan Snyder, apologized to the room that the league has suffered as a result of the investigation.
The Raiders then spoke to the league a day later later that same afternoon, the Wall Street Journal reported that Gruden had made a racist comment when referring to NFLPA president DeMaurice Smith in a 2011 email to Allen.ĭuring Tuesday's meetings, Davis asked Goodell why he had learned of the emails only right before they were made public, sources told ESPN's Seth Wickersham.Īlthough Davis didn't accuse Goodell of leaking the emails, Goodell told the room that the league wasn't behind the leak, sources told ESPN. "The fact that they may have known about it a couple of months beforehand and didn't let us know," he said, reiterating that the Raiders first heard of the emails in a call from a Wall Street Journal reporter on Oct. They have all the answers." On Wednesday, though, Davis said he was "disappointed" in what he called a "timing issue" with when the Raiders were made aware of Gruden's emails by the NFL. 13, in the wake of Gruden's resignation, Davis told ESPN, "I have no comment. "We're used to this and that's what our life is about. The league did only an oral report on its findings, not a written one, and commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday that a report will not be released, despite public pressure.ĭavis was asked if he felt singled out or targeted in an investigation of one franchise that cost another franchise - his franchise - its coach.
The NFL has said that of the more than 650,000 emails reviewed, the Gruden emails were the only ones of such nature. The messages between Gruden, who was employed at the time by ESPN, and then-Washington Football Team president Bruce Allen were uncovered as part of an NFL investigation into workplace misconduct within the Washington organization. 11 following reports that emails he wrote over a 10-year period included racist, anti-gay and misogynistic language. Yeah, I believe so, I think people deserve, especially people that were, quote, victims."ĭavis spoke for about 12 minutes in a wide-ranging back-and-forth conversation with reporters, his first public comments since Jon Gruden resigned as Raiders coach on Oct. Especially with some of the things that were, I guess, charged. Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis broke ranks with other NFL owners Wednesday at the league's fall meetings, saying he would like to see a written report of the investigation into the Washington Football Team. Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis says 'people deserve' a written report of Washington Football Team investigation You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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