Jon Gruden, Bigot, Is Being Removed From Madden 22

Jon Gruden, a hateful little man, this week resigned as Head Coach of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders after revelations he sent numerous racist, homophobic and misogynistic emails. He will now also have his face scrubbed from EA Sports’ Madden 22.

Gruden, who first hit the spotlight last week over allegations he had made racist comments about the NFL Player’s Union Chief DeMaurice Smith, was then found by the New York Times to have sent other emails to peers and colleagues in which, “He denounced the emergence of women as referees, the drafting of a gay player and the tolerance of players protesting during the playing of the national anthem.”

He also called NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a, “clueless anti football pussy,” along with an even worse homophobic slur, and that—as stated by the NYT—“Goodell should not have pressured Jeff Fisher, then the coach of the Rams, to draft ‘queers,’ a reference to Michael Sam, a gay player chosen by the team in 2014.”

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