Jon Gruden came up with a big win in his ongoing legal battle with the NFL on Monday.

The Nevada Supreme Court ruled in Gruden’s favor – a 5-2 decision – that his lawsuit against the league cannot be sent into arbitration, allowing the case to proceed in public.

Gruden had first sued the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell in 2021, claiming that the NFL had deliberately leaked disparaging emails that the ex-football coach had written in a “malicious and orchestrated campaign” in order to “destroy the career and reputation” of Gruden. 3

The seven-judge panel declared that the arbitration clause in the NFL’s constitution “is unconscionable and does not apply to Gruden as a former employee.”

“The NFL Constitution would allow Goodell, as Commissioner, to arbitrate disputes about his

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