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Acceptable. you know in this day and age what those words mean, what that says to your character what that says to your organization, what that will do to your legacy, and you hurt people. you hurt -- like you said, literally everyone and there is no statement that you can put out that will take that back. >> gruden also called for the black balling of a kneeling player, right? he spoke out against tolerance of players. black players protesting during the national anthem. do you think thats why ...

In a series of emails over a series of years. >> according to "the new york times," grudens emails went beyond the previously reported racist language in one email that came out last week. he also over years denounced women becoming referees, the drafting of the gay player, also the challenge of protests during the national anthem, and it goes on. were joined by the host of "the right time," a podcast on espn. good to have you with us. theres a lot of talk about the reaction to not only emails b...

Curious what you thought of his statement. he didnt acknowledge the content of the emails, which we should be clear, he pretty much offended everyone here, right? black players, female referees that would be offensive to many women in general, to gay players, so, you know, what did you make of him saying that he was sorry if he hurt anyone. >> i mean, theres -- we talk about accountability, the level of accountability, that right there is being unaccountable. you know, he didnt intend to hurt an...

Think that with one resignation with jon gruden being gone these kinds of sentiments and this kind of language is suddenly eradicated from the nfl. the fact of the matter is that jon gruden felt very comfortable sending those emails, a lot september to former gm bruce allen. he knew he had a sympathetic ear. that the people he was sending the emails too wouldnt be like hold on, this is not language that we should use. and so i think that we have to acknowledge that while accountability looks lik...

Espn analyst. in them, he describes a racist trope to describe marcus smith, uses offensive language to insult nfl commissioner roger goodell. he disparages players who protested during the national anthem. pans female referees, mocks concussion protocols. even uses a homophobic slur to describe the leagues first openly gay player, michael sam with carl nassif, now on his own roster. gruden exited with an apology. he said he was very sorry and didnt want to distract from the team. meanwhile, the...

Amidst scandal. cnns omar jimenez has more on the stunning downfall of one of the leagues biggest personalities. >> reporter: las vegas raiders head coach jon gruden resigned overnight after the "new york times" and "wall street journal" reviewed e-mails from gruden that used homophobic, misogynistic and racist language. the e-mails were reviewed spaining the time from 2011 to 2018 when he was an espn analyst when he used a homophobic slur referring to roger goodell. they further said he denounc...

Slur according to roger goodell. he denounced women as referees, the drafting of a gay player, and the players protesting the national anthem. >> all of it obviously reaches critical mass very quickly, to the point that gruden decided himself that theres no way out of this and has to resign or he was pressured to resign. this is a pattern of behavior apparently. theres a lot here. it cant be rationalized. >> reporter: last week, a "wall street journal" report revealed an email sent by gruden in ...

Took place on january 6th and disinformation on facebook is reasons to stay in the political game. shes worried what is happening around the world and here at home as well and shes the lady to solve it. jillian: we will see. in the football world. >> reporter: john gruden is out of beautiful, reside as head coach after emails were exposed of him making offensive comments during his time at espn. one of them he used an anti-gay slur to describe michael sam, the first openly gay player to be selec...

Boras smith has lips the size of michelin tires. then the floodgates open with "the new york times" report showing emails of gruden using offensive language to assault commissioner roger goodell, also calling the leagues first openly player michael sam a queer, panning the hiring of female referees and mocking league efforts to reduce concussions. >> it wasnt just something that crossed his mind, which is bad, but that he then took that thought, formalized it in a writing and hit send. people sa...

The drafting of a gay player, and the tolerance of players protesting during the national anthem. according to e-mails reviewed by "the new york times." gruden criticized nfl commissioner roger goodell and the league for trying to reduce concussions, and said that eric reed a player that had demonstrated during the national anthem should be fired. hours after that report, gruden resigned, saying in a statement, i love the raiders and do not want to be a distraction. thank you to the players, coa...