The NFL is preparing to pursue a “last resort” option in its ongoing legal battle with former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden , according to a report from ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr.

On Thursday, the Nevada Supreme Court unanimously rejected the league’s petition for a rehearing of an earlier ruling that sided with Gruden. The August decision, which passed by a 5-2 vote, concluded that Gruden could not be forced into arbitration under the NFL’s constitution. That ruling cleared the way for Gruden’s lawsuit against the league to proceed in state court.

“The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously rejected the NFL's petition seeking a rehearing of an August decision that said former Raiders coach Jon Gruden could not be forced into league arbitration in his lawsuit all

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