NFL Disciplinary Officer Sue Robinson is expected to announce her decision on Deshaun Watson's potential suspension Monday 9am EST

[45catfan]

1 minute ago, Paa Langfart said:

Great Idea.  let's have a serial sex offender be the face of the NFL !

Exactly. I see you got my point.

[MillionDollarCam]

So does this set the precedent that outside of being convicted of rape that a repeat sexual assault offender only gets sick games… good luck with that in the future, NFL.

[Jackie Lee]

6 minutes ago, joemac said:

Can't Goodell simply say "Thanks for the recommendation" and suspend him the entire season anyways?

Basically. This is probably just him testing the PR waters. Could go to federal court if that happens

[WaterBoy]

3 minutes ago, AceBoogie said:

I mean he was essentially suspended all of last year. No criminal charges, the fug y’all expect? 

Last year he still got paid. This year he is only making one million. He had his contract setup this way because he knew it was coming. They should push those suspensions into 2023.  

[TheBigKat]

So for the equivalence of Derrick Brown, Star Lotuleli and Vernon Butler we could have had Watson and 6 game wrist slap had Mr. Brass Balls money talks just guaranteed his contract

 

 Yay for Baker / Darnold

[45catfan]

3 minutes ago, AceBoogie said:

I mean he was essentially suspended all of last year. No criminal charges, the fug y’all expect? 

That was between him and the Texans last year.  Should have been suspended a year, anything less than double digit games suspended is a mockery.  He gets six games, thus mockery.

[AceBoogie]

1 minute ago, WaterBoy said:

Last year he still got paid. This year he is only making one million. He had his contract setup this way because he knew it was coming. They should push those suspensions into 2023.  

The victims got paid as well. He got 200 million guaranteed, there isn’t a reasonable fine that would have hurt his pockets at all. Laws/Rulings can’t be more severe because he’s rich. 

[TheRumGone]

It was always going to be a light suspension and the nfl will whitewash this a la big ben. Fans will talk poo to him but the talking heads will fall in line eventually.

[PNW_PantherMan]

How is anyone surprised by this?  The NFL has been historically lenient with suspensions like this.  1 season was always the max of what it would be.  6-8 games fits the NFL's history of dishing out suspensions.

[AceBoogie]

Just now, 45catfan said:

That was between him and the Texans last year.  Should have been suspended a year, anything less than double digit games suspended is a mockery.  He gets six games, thus mockery.

And all of this is between him and the victims so why are you mad because a football player wasn’t punished to your satisfaction? Who the fug are you. Get over it. 

[45catfan]

13 minutes ago, jayflip said:

It’s crazy that Calvin got a whole season for a negligible bet. 

Yep, the NFL wants to set a hard line on gambling.   It will not be tolerated. Rape? Well, we (the NFL) will sit you in time out for a few games and then let you get back at it champ.

[45catfan]

2 minutes ago, AceBoogie said:

The victims got paid as well. He got 200 million guaranteed, there isn’t a reasonable fine that would have hurt his pockets at all. Laws/Rulings can’t be more severe because he’s rich. 

Bingo!  Rules for thee, but not for me.  So as long as his accusers got paid, the penalty was less severe.  If only Watson could have upped the sum enough to make this go away sooner, hell, he could have been starting week 1.

[TheRumGone]

The nfl is corrupt. If anyone has a problem with this they should stop watching now. If you look at this as just entertainment and not some sort of morality show then you’ll stop yourself from being disappointed. 

[ForJimmy]

6 minutes ago, TheBigKat said:

So for the equivalence of Derrick Brown, Star Lotuleli and Vernon Butler we could have had Watson and 6 game wrist slap had Mr. Brass Balls money talks just guaranteed his contract

 

 Yay for Baker / Darnold

Or CMC, Cam Newton, and Luke plus a huge portion of our cap dedicated to him.  It just depends on how you look at it.  Also we shouldn't want him on our team.  If the Browns want to put their head in the sand and act like he is not some creepy predator than let their team and fans do that.  I'll stick with Baker's immaturity or Corral's BS off field issues that were exaggerated for the draft.