Any chance Watson still faces a suspension by the league?
NFL 2022: The Fall of the "Immunized" Aaron Rodgers
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My opinion is yes. I don't see how he won't get some kind of disciplinary action against him. But we'll see.
How does the NFL face it's female audience, which it is courting heavily, and not take some kind of action?
Considering prosecutors declined to file criminal charges, most likely not, since all he has hanging over his head are civil lawsuits.
No. He’ll bring full houses to either Atlanta or New Orleans, plus controversy is good for TV ratings. The only question is how is the NFL going to capitalize on this to make more money.
At least two players have been suspended without criminal charges.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_player_conduct_policy
ROFLisberger was only accused by, what, two women, but never charged. Ezekiel Elliot too.
Some policy when it's enforced this way, huh?
Deshaun Watson has chosen the Cleveland Browns. Reports are that he gets a 5-year contract with $230 million fully guaranteed.
Waiting to see details on the haul that Cleveland dealt for him...
And, as an aside, the fact that this "Deshaun Watson Sweepstakes" thing even existed is so icky. How do Browns fans react to this?
Oh, and Watson could absolutely still be suspended by the league.
Waiting to see details on the haul that Cleveland dealt for him...
And, as an aside, the fact that this "Deshaun Watson Sweepstakes" thing even existed is so icky. How do Browns fans react to this?
Oh, and Watson could absolutely still be suspended by the league.
Matt Millan has been introduced as the new Texans GM and he's going to draft five WR with those picks.
Per Ian Rapoport, despite signing a $230 million extension with the Browns, Watson's base salary for 2022 is only $1 million (the rest is in signing bonuses and other bonuses). So if he gets suspended, his per-game suspension only costs him about $55,000 per game.
The Browns literally suspension-proofed his contract. They're actively spitting in the face of women.
The Browns literally suspension-proofed his contract. They're actively spitting in the face of women.
You got this guy:
And that's not meant as a jab - as a Colts fan, I liked what Mills was showing towards the end of the season. I'm very interested to see if the Texans have something there.
You got this guy:
And that's not meant as a jab - as a Colts fan, I liked what Mills was showing towards the end of the season. I'm very interested to see if the Texans have something there.
The plans from the Texans organization this year (as they've stated in press reports) is to go with Mills this year as the starting QB. If that doesn't work out for them, 2023 is looking to have a much better crop of college QBs coming out than this year anyways. Mills is on a one year audition.
Maybe it is this flu that I have talking, but I think I'm seriously done giving the NFL my time and money. There are things that should matter more than winning and profits. The NFL has completely lost any kind of moral compass.
They lost it when they refused to take any action against Ray Rice until the video of him knocking his wife around in an elevator surfaced and the Ravens forced his wife to issue a statement saying, "Janae Rice regrets her role in the incident."
To say nothing of how the league spent more than two decades actively covering up the effects of concussions and CTE.
Yeah, I was younger and dumber back then...
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