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Judge denies NFL's motions to dismiss Jon Gruden's lawsuit, move it to arbitration

A Nevada judge has denied the NFL's motions to dismiss former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden's lawsuit against the league and commissioner Roger Goodell and to move the case to arbitration.

Judge Nancy Allf made the rulings Wednesday at a hearing where Gruden was in attendance. The rulings allow the lawsuit to proceed to trial unless a settlement is reached.

"I'm going to let the process take care of itself," Gruden told reporters after the hearing. "Go Raiders."

Gruden, who filed suit in the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County, Nevada, on Nov.