6 games? Weak.
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6 games? Weak.
This is embarrassing and just shows you that $$$ and fame always win. 23+ girls and this predator gets a 6 game ban.Originally Posted by tube517
You're right, it is weak. They should not be suspending people for facing civil lawsuits. Even criminal accusations until they've held a trial. The NFL personal conduct policy is a complete joke and should never have existed.
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The NFL can appeal for a longer suspension…
There's a chance that the length of the suspension could still change and that's because the NFL is allowed to appeal the decision (Watson's camp could also appeal the decision, but the NFLPA previously announced on Sunday that no appeal would be coming from that end).
If the NFL decides to appeal, it will create a new layer of drama and that's because the appeal would be heard by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell or someone he designates. As of Monday afternoon though, the league had yet to make a decision about a possible appeal.
6 months? bah i wanted to see the browns suffer harder than that
this punishment is a J-O-K-E .....
They gave Ben 6 games initially for far less
Be consistent .....
6 games for 2 girls .... so should be 66 games for this guy going by the same standard
Kenny Pickett is who I though he was .. Eagles problem now
I think it was 2020 or so that the entire conduct policy was revamped. New process. New suspension benchmarks. Etc.
Early reports indicate this followed the new policies fairly closely.
You're falling into the same backwards psychology trap as with the bullshit roughing the passer penalties. "They gave our guy one and it was bullshit, so they should call them more on other teams for the same bullshit."
People being more concerned about the rule doling out bullshit equally than with the fact that it's all bullshit.
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Not over yet....
For 1 season
See, this is the type of thing that has me convinced that there are some very, very stupid people running the league, or at least its PR department.
The entire reason for their suspensions for off-the-field conduct is for PR purposes - so that they have something they can point to and say "But look, we take it very seriously, blah blah blah" whenever someone accuses them of hating women, or supporting drug abuse and domestic violence, or some such idiocy.
What was the status here? It was done - out of the news cycle, ancient history in our millisecond attention span society. The people who cared had formed an opinion and filed it away, and moved on to training camp news or the next political outrage, respectively.
So what's the logical next move for the league? Drag it back into the spotlight, of course! Give the whole thing another airing, maybe land it in real court! We'll be damned if we're going to let people forget about this one!
The entire premise of the player conduct policy is a losing battle for the league. No matter how seriously you say you take it or how many guys you suspend, at the end of the day it's still your own guy, and basically all you are doing is repeatedly announcing "yes, a lot of our players are douchebags."
A decade or more of this has not seemed to produce any noticeable change in players' off-the-field behavior, and there's nothing to indicate it ever will. The people this is intended to placate will never be happy anyway. So why even bother?
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Watson’s camp unhappy with 6 games? I’m calling BS, they were doing back flips. Really hard to know what’s true in media. Just read article saying Steelers should get Garropolo. Before Mitch or Pickett signings sure but now c’mon Man. Can’t wait til first preseason, all the hypotheticals making me crazy.
The league wants it off TV. They don’t want him trotting out on the field in a televised game while the announcers recap the whole sordid affair.
Indefinite suspension allows the league to dump Watson’s reinstatement into some black hole on the sports calendar that people will struggle to notice.
Do it after the SB but before FA and the draft next year and it gets buried under tons of other NFL news.
Really not comparable cases.
Feel like this is just the NFL trying to check a PR box and satisfy the public outcry…
Yes, they want to be able to say" we wanted a full season" we stand with women everywhere in solitude against sexual assault. Blah blah blah. The judges ruling says all anyone needs to know . She calls him a predator, she uses some really lame " non violent sexual assault " BS and goes on to say he should only see team sanction massage therapist
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https://therapist.news/therapy/cleve...rowns-stadium/
This is not "The Onion"
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The rapist and therapist are the same word when you put the former together. And in the case of Watson, they're the same as well.
Knew that was coming from some direction…
Kareem Hunt Demands Trade From Browns, Too Much Drama Around Cleveland
we must never forget tell everyone you know New England cheated and might be back at it Edit 1-21-15 there back Edit #2__12-8-19 here we go again Edit #3__ 5-25-23 it never ends
Goofdell is seeking one year…
With Watson penned in to start the preseason game tomorrow, I would expect the updated penalty to be announced rather quickly.
If the league doesn't want him on the field... the Browns are forcing a decision.
Otherwise, could be an entertianing media day in Jacksonville.
The Browns are just not being smart about this whole thing.
Keeping Watson out of the public eye and the news cycle would be the wisest thing for them to do. How hard would it be to just not play him in preseason game 1? Many teams do that with players of a lesser on field quality than Watson.
They already poked the bear with their shady contract terms. Has the rest of the owners less than impressed and the league in a bad position.
They are doing everything they can to alienate potential allies in all this. Since, as I understand the CBA terms, the NFL can basically just keep appealing this thing until they eventually get the decision they want and then the only thing the Browns/NFLPA could do is take the league to federal court via lawsuit to try and reverse the CBA based process outcome. In order to do that, they (the Browns) are going to need allies.
Anyways....TL;DR -- the Browns ownership is being super-duper dumb about this. And not in the cool Al Davis "screw the league, I got this" way.
Super dumb and also super arrogant!
Guess what, it's on TV again. ESPN spent what must have been half an hour straight talking about it yesterday, because there isn't much else to talk about except shitty MLB news.
Game 1 of the season, the announcers will say, "Here's Jacoby Brissett, who's starting because of this huge scandal." Game 2, "Here's Jacoby Brissett, who's starting because of this huge scandal." Any time the Browns are struggling throughout the season, "You have to wonder how their season would be different if not for this huge scandal."
Next season: "And here's Watson trotting out, playing for the first time in two years because of this huge scandal. We haven't forgotten about it, let's rehash it just like if this same moment had happened last season!"
All the league is doing here is buying themselves another year of air time. Stupid.
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True. But in the league's eyes, that is far better than "Browns win again led to victory by their serial sexual predator QB. He's now accused of assaulting 327 women across 3 states! Now, here's and ad from Gillette!"
Is it better? I have no idea. But it is extremely clear that is what the league wants to avoid having happen. And the CBA language makes it pretty likely (not a sure thing or anything) that they will get their 1year ban on appeal.
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