The league does have to follow the rules. The rules however don't say that the league can't go to Miami and say "listen, if you are thinking about trading for him and playing for him, you might not like the outcome".
high level meeting stuff right there.
Also, Gruden's issues were well documented, by himself. Right now this is a criminal investigation with Watson so until there is a resolution with the case, it's all basically hearsay.
As long as he's not trying to make out with Josh.
He's taken.
Not to mention the last 2 hours for ESPN would have shown nothing but the other team. We are that team now.