If Deshaun Watson gets less than a year, Zeke should sue the NFL

Diehardblues

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Yep, but its not the same.
Maybe they will give him the chance to return his salary and have that year count as suspended?
No chance . Cause Watson and Brown attempted to circumvent the situation and suspension with the trade. Which was for a contract worth much more than his last season on Rookie deal. Last years contract was chump change for Watson.
 

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If he was to proceed and if Watson gets less than a year, I would think he'd be suing for lost wages. The reason would be because of the fact that, while the years are different, the policy was jammed down his throat while Watson would be receiving a lesser punishment.

THE NEW NFL PERSONAL CONDUCT POLICY - CBS News

According to the above, the policy reads "Violations involving assault, battery, domestic violence or sexual assault will result in a baseline six-game suspension without pay, with more if aggravating factors are present, such as the use of a weapon or a crime against a child. A second offense will result in banishment from the NFL."

As such, there are two aspects that Zeke would have to his advantage. One, the NFL's investigator stated that the accuser was not credible, so the suspension should not have even taken place. Secondly, even if it were, the NFL would violate it's own policy because Watson must have a baseline of 6 games if it was one instance. However, because there are, as you've stated, at least 5 accusers being used for the basis of Watson's discipline, then that should be an exponential amount handed down against Watson. The argument that Watson sat out last year, while true, is irrelevant because he was paid if Zeke is arguing lost wages as Zeke never received payment while he was sitting out those 6 games. Thus, he would have received unfair treatment as Watson, it could be argued, received preferential treatment despite an exponentially higher amount of allegations, of which 5 appear to be legitimate as they're being used for the basis. Meanwhile, as stated, the League's own investigator stated that Zeke's accuser wasn't credible. As such, Zeke should not have been suspended.


NOWHERE is it said Watson assaulted, threatened, used violence or sexually assaulted a single person. NOT ONE. Those are just the facts.
 

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Yep, but its not the same.
Maybe they will give him the chance to return his salary and have that year carount as suspended?
Watson wanted out of Houston anyway. He demanded a trade, and the Texans said no.
The allegations basically provided a "convenient" way for their stalemate to go away.
The 2021 season is history. It will have no bearing on how long Watson's suspension will be.
 

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Watson was not "punished". Recall before the allegations became public, he wanted out of Houston and demanded a trade. The Texans responded that wasn't happening. So the player and franchise were at a deadlock. It would have been interesting to see how that situation would have played out - Watson remaining adamant about leaving, and the Texans still refusing to negoitate a deal with other teams.
The harrassment allegations sort of bailed both sides out...it put the clash on the back burner.


Let me say this again.... Watson not playing last year was 100% massage incident related.... ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.
You can try to spin it however you want, but if he didnt have those allegations, hed have been playing or been traded.
 

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Watson wanted out of Houston anyway. He demanded a trade, and the Texans said no.
The allegations basically provided a "convenient" way for their stalemate to go away.
The 2021 season is history. It will have no bearing on how long Watson's suspension will be.
Wow, if he gets additional suspenions, how rusty he he gonna be?
 

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If Deshaun Watson gets a minimum of one year and sues the NFL he may never end up playing in the NFL again. Just one distraction after another with him. Makes you wonder if the Browns are regretting their decision to trade for him.
 

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If Deshaun Watson gets a minimum of one year and sues the NFL he may never end up playing in the NFL again. Just one distraction after another with him. Makes you wonder if the Browns are regretting their decision to trade for him.


I can tell you that Browns fans are furious about it. One of my roommates is, sadly, bordering on becoming an Eagles fan (yes, I'm trying to sway him to our side, but he prefers the Eagles apparently) as a result of this. A lot of Browns fans here in Cleveland seem to be reaching their breaking point as I talk to them.
 

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Let me say this again.... Watson not playing last year was 100% massage incident related.... ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.
You can try to spin it however you want, but if he didnt have those allegations, hed have been playing or been traded.
Everyone knows Waston was held out of every game because of the allegations.
But before any of the incidents became public, Watson demanded a trade from the Texans, and the team repeatedly said no.
We will never know if Watson would have remained steadfast in his declaration to be traded and not suit up for the 2021 season, or would Houston remained firm and not given in -- and fined him for holding out.
In the end, the allegations helped resolve the stalemate.
Watson got his wish - he's on another team.
The Texans changed their mind; washed their hands of the problem (that they helped cause in the first place with booking massage appointments for Watson at hotels, etc.) and got ample future draft capital to start over with another quarterback.
 

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I can tell you that Browns fans are furious about it. One of my roommates is, sadly, bordering on becoming an Eagles fan (yes, I'm trying to sway him to our side, but he prefers the Eagles apparently) as a result of this. A lot of Browns fans here in Cleveland seem to be reaching their breaking point as I talk to them.

Watson needs to accept whatever punishment is handed down by the NFL and move on. Something obviously went down for that many women to make accusations against him. With everything he’s been dealing with the past couple of years I’ll be somewhat surprised if he’s the same player he was if and when he returns to playing football. Let’s not forget despite the numbers he put up in 2020 the Texans went 4-12.
 

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Watson needs to accept whatever punishment is handed down by the NFL and move on. Something obviously went down for that many women to make accusations against him. With everything he’s been dealing with the past couple of years I’ll be somewhat surprised if he’s the same player he was if and when he returns to playing football. Let’s not forget despite the numbers he put up in 2020 he was 4-12.

Exactly, he was pathetically bad his last season.
 

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I can tell you that Browns fans are furious about it. One of my roommates is, sadly, bordering on becoming an Eagles fan (yes, I'm trying to sway him to our side, but he prefers the Eagles apparently) as a result of this. A lot of Browns fans here in Cleveland seem to be reaching their breaking point as I talk to them.
On the SBNation Browns fansite 'Dawgs by Nature' there are a good number of fans that support Watson - and just wish the judge and the league get on with making their decisions.
 
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On the SBNation Browns fansite 'Dawgs by Nature' there are a good number of fans that support Watson - and just wish the judge and the get on with making their decisions.

There are some as well in that camp, but a lot of the Browns fans I know were upset with the deal, especially since they don't have a 1st round pick if Watson fails, then they made a horrible deal on ousting Mayfield, which has the Browns fans I know even more upset.

He wasn’t bad he put up over 4800 yards and 33 TDs with a passer rating of 112.4 but it didn’t lead to many wins.

Almost sounds like there's more to a team than the QB.
 

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Exactly, he was pathetically bad his last season.
The Texans were as a whole...Watson was not.
544 att, 382 cmp, 70% cmp, 4823 yds, 33 TD (6.1%), 7 INT (1.3%)
8.9 yds/ att, 12.6 yds/cmp; 301.4 yds/game
112.4 rating, QBR 63.7
 
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