OT - The Early DeSean Watson Cleveland Browns NFL Suspension Line

[Bawb the Revelator]

As a 66-year "On The Wagon Gambling Degenerate"
I'm guessing at least half the 2022-23 season after
one of the accusers detailed the story on HBO.
They don't pay The Roge gazillions a year for nothing

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/may/24/deshaun-watson-accusers-hbo-interview

[Oviedo]

I say 9 to be reduced to 6...9 is more than half the season so it gives appearance of severity but it is really a joke for what Watson did. Spare me the he was never convicted. If the "where there is smoke there is fire" mean anything, this is a California size wild fire.

[Bawb the Revelator]

I say 9 to be reduced to 6...9 is more than half the season so it gives appearance of severity but it is really a joke for what Watson did. Spare me the he was never convicted. If the "where there is smoke there is fire" mean anything, this is a California size wild fire.

Pretty much. Probably the Texas incident will be old news along with Moms For Gun Control by the time the investigation winds down. Time is always on the Perp's side.

https://youtu.be/jOxHsuV83KA

[flippy]

If the NFL wants his suspension to hit his pocket book, they'd delay the decision until next season. Let him play this year while his salary is next to nothing and wait to suspend him until it will cost him in future years.

I really have no clue what he did/didn't do. Just suggesting the Browns tried to game the system by keeping his money low initially so the impact of a suspension is negligible. So the NFL may want to game his contract game.

[NorthCoast]

If the NFL wants his suspension to hit his pocket book, they'd delay the decision until next season. Let him play this year while his salary is next to nothing and wait to suspend him until it will cost him in future years.

I really have no clue what he did/didn't do. Just suggesting the Browns tried to game the system by keeping his money low initially so the impact of a suspension is negligible. So the NFL may want to game his contract game.

^^^This^^

not much of a penalty for Watson (or the stupid CLE Browns) if the suspension is this season.

[Northern_Blitz]

If the NFL wants his suspension to hit his pocket book, they'd delay the decision until next season. Let him play this year while his salary is next to nothing and wait to suspend him until it will cost him in future years.

I really have no clue what he did/didn't do. Just suggesting the Browns tried to game the system by keeping his money low initially so the impact of a suspension is negligible. So the NFL may want to game his contract game.

I heard one report (maybe from the Ramon Foster show?) that the league could treat it like a recent MLB suspension and look at all 22 incidents as separate events and suspend him for 2 years or more given the repeat nature of the violations. I can't see them being that strict because it's the NFL and he's a marquee player.

But I think it's ridiculous that the league allowed the Browns to circumvent discipline with the contract they signed. I wonder if they will do something to get around that.

[whatever]

Let’s see how this goes ….when Ben was in this situation it was all, ‘the girls are lying, looking for a payday, no criminal charges, no actual evidence and The nfl shouldn’t suspend him.’

[Northern_Blitz]

Let’s see how this goes ….when Ben was in this situation it was all, ‘the girls are lying, looking for a payday, no criminal charges, no actual evidence and The nfl shouldn’t suspend him.’

Not all of us were in that boat.

[Eich]

Not all of us were in that boat.

Myself included. After the 2nd incident, I wanted him gone. Until I read the details of both cases. Then I just believed he deserved some harsh punishment to wake him up. He was acting like an entitled idiot. And in his case, it finally worked and he did some growing up.

But 22 accusations is on another level. Like with Ben, I don't believe there was ever a forcible rape or anything violent. But you can't have this many accusations of inappropriate behavior without some severe punishment. Even if 3/4 of these women made it up for a pay day, that's still a lot of inapproriate behavior. Time to take your punishment and grow up a little. And with the contract he signed, I think they need to find a way to make it hurt financially.

[whisper]

I say 9 to be reduced to 6...9 is more than half the season so it gives appearance of severity but it is really a joke for what Watson did. Spare me the he was never convicted. If the "where there is smoke there is fire" mean anything, this is a California size wild fire.

He wasn't only not convicted, he was never charged. Big difference. Cops reviewed evidence and knew there wasn't enough there to bother to even try him.

[SteelBucks]

Many think he’ll get 8 games and then be active after the Browns bye which is week 9.

[whisper]

Myself included. After the 2nd incident, I wanted him gone. Until I read the details of both cases. Then I just believed he deserved some harsh punishment to wake him up. He was acting like an entitled idiot. And in his case, it finally worked and he did some growing up.

But 22 accusations is on another level. Like with Ben, I don't believe there was ever a forcible rape or anything violent. But you can't have this many accusations of inappropriate behavior without some severe punishment. Even if 3/4 of these women made it up for a pay day, that's still a lot of inapproriate behavior. Time to take your punishment and grow up a little. And with the contract he signed, I think they need to find a way to make it hurt financially.

$230 million guaranteed? It's gonna be hard to make it hurt financially. And they structured the deal so he was only due to make pennies this year. Even if he paid out $1 mill to every person, he's still gonna walk away with over $200 mill. That's some sick $. All guaranteed.

[whisper]

And there it is.

[whatever]

Not all of us were in that boat.

Probably not all, but almost all.

[NorthCoast]

Sports radio today suggesting that a suspension would be season long due to the sheer number of allegations.