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Tampa Bay Buccaneers announce major change in wake of Jon Gruden controversy

The fallout continues for Jon Gruden.

The Football Feed

Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden officially resigned his position late last night after ​even more damaging content was leaked to The New York Times of emails that he wrote in 2011 while serving as an analyst for Monday Night Football.

Among the content included was a homophobic slur against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell as well as the openly gay Michael Sam, as well as reportedly sharing photos of topless women that included a Washington Football Team cheerleader.​

And now, the fallout continues from a different organization that Gruden once led. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have announced that they're removing Gruden from their Ring of Honor, effective immediately. Gruden was their head coach 2002 to 2008, winning Super Bowl XXXVII in his first season with the team



"The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have advocated for purposeful change in the areas of race relations, gender equality, diversity and inclusion for many years," the team statement read. "While we acknowledge Jon Gruden's contributions on the field, his actions go against our core values as an organization. Therefore, he will no longer continue to be a member of the Buccaneers Ring of Honor." 

Gruden is the winningest coach in Bucs history with a career record of 57-55.