After being granted a private day Wednesday and lacking observe within the wake of the Jon Gruden controversy, which included previous emails that exposed a number of anti-gay slurs, Las Vegas Raiders defensive finish Carl Nassib returned and was a full participant at group exercises Thursday.
Nassib, who grew to become the primary overtly homosexual lively NFL participant when he made the announcement in June, was given the time without work Wednesday, with Raiders common supervisor Mike Mayock telling reporters that Nassib “stated he’s received lots to course of” amid the scandal that led to Gruden’s resignation Monday.
Among the many electronic mail messages the Wall Road Journal and New York Occasions printed over the previous week was a reference to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell that included an anti-gay slur. Gruden used a special slur whereas writing about Michael Sam, the primary overtly homosexual participant drafted by an NFL group. Sam was chosen by the then-St. Louis Rams within the seventh spherical in 2014 however by no means performed a regular-season recreation within the league.
“He’s just about a lone wolf on the subject of that,” Raiders tight finish Darren Waller stated of Nassib Wednesday. “No one ought to be capable of inform him really feel. No one ought to be capable of inform him grieve. He deserves to take time for himself as a result of that’s lots to course of.”
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