As I often say, the games are just a storefront; the real action of the NFL happens off the field. 2021 was no exception; there were NFL business stories galore. Here are my top 10 for the year:
Gruden Removed; Questions Remain
Out of litigation involving the Washington Football Team emerged a trove of hundreds of thousands of emails. A select few were racist, misogynistic and crude emails from former Raiders coach John Gruden. They led to Gruden being ousted and—there will be lawyers—an inevitable lawsuit by Gruden against the NFL for an alleged coordinated attack to take him out.