Verdict is in: only team-sanctioned rapings from now on!
Why not just say he can only get massages from men In prison
So he got the same suspension as DeAndre Hopkins did for taking some kind of banned supplement? Cool.
Less than that Eagles LB got for insider trading. 8 games for that.
https://twitter.com/diannaESPN/status/1554098934787842049
https://twitter.com/diannaESPN/status/1554144201193013249
Sheâs reporting on ESPN that the league was hoping for 12 games to a year plus a big fine
Itâs kind of like Dems and doing actual good policy. Sure theyâre in charge and boy they sure would love to, they just magically fail every time!
I mean after the harsh discipline Snyder got, they really signaled how seriously they take this stuff
lots of people are just arguing the NFL shouldâve put in a whatever it wants clause
oh boy you donât want that
they just didnât think to put in âif someone is accused by a shit ton of people we should allow more on thisâ in the CBA or whatever that led to this ruling.
of course they still donât care but this stuff is better rigid than variable when it comes to this type of thing I think
https://twitter.com/minakimes/status/1554212025424703488
Mina not sure she agrees with Judge Robinson that sexual assault isnât a violent act
Unless you are going to boycott the league, itâs all just pretend moralizing. That includes people who have jobs that exist because the league does.
The judge has to account for many factors. Journalists do not. If Watson had been suspended longer, some of the same journalists would have been questioning why he got more than Roethlisberger.
Some of the judgeâs reasoning:
It is undisputed that Mr. Watsonâs conduct does not fall into the category of violent
conduct that would require the minimum 6-game suspension. It likewise is undisputed that prior
cases involving non-violent sexual assault have resulted in discipline far less severe than what
the NFL proposes here, with the most severe penalty being a 3-game suspension for a player who
had been previously warned about his conduct.
With respect to what the appropriate discipline should be, I note that there are
aggravating factors applicable to Mr. Watson, that is, his lack of expressed remorse and his tardy
notice to the NFL of the first-filed lawsuit. As to mitigating factors, he is a first-offender and
had an excellent reputation in his community prior to these events. He cooperated in the
investigation and has paid restitution. Although Mr. Watson did not play during the 2021
season, the Commissioner declined to put him on administrative leave under which any games
missed would be credited against any suspension later imposed.
Although this is the most significant punishment ever imposed on an NFL player for allegations of
non-violent sexual conduct, Mr. Watsonâs pattern of conduct is more egregious than
any before reviewed by the NFL.
TIL that if you commit all of your crimes in a short enough time frame youâre considered a âfirst-offenderâ. Let he who has not sexually assaulted 25+ women cast the first stone! The NFL does have a âwhatever it wantsâ clause in these cases though in that Goodell gets to appeal it to himself and do whatever he wants and nobody can stop him. Based on the top story on the official NFL site being an article saying Goodell should swing the hammer it seems likely thatâs whatâs going to happen here.
And this is backed up in a court of law after the Brady case. (The first judge was like lol NFL your evidence stinks, but on appeal the judgement wasnât that the NFL proved anything, it was that their contract with the union allowed Rog to do basically whatever he wanted in regards to player discipline.) So yeah if Rog throws his hands up and shrugs, heâs full of shit.
HeâŚreally did it? Does Brady get punished for talking to him?
https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/1554495377600045056?s=21&t=9ka8hp3PtBtIJONlDPNgVw
Pretty embarrassing imo to tamper twice and get neither dude.