The NFL long said it wanted an indefinite suspension of at least one year for Deshaun Watson. Instead, it settled for 11 games SI EXCLUSIVE: A threatening letter from an NFLPA lawyer to the league’s hand-picked arbitrator sheds light on the matter
The NFL was once resolute, both publicly and privately, that it intended to suspend Watson indefinitely, for a minimum of at least one year. Even after independent arbitrator Sue Robinson levied a six-game suspension—a number based on precedent—in early August, the disciplinary process outlined in the 2020 collective bargaining agreement left the league with significant power.
According to the union, Goodell’s “track record” over his 16 years as commissioner is one of “leniency and indifference” toward owners, as Snyder, Kraft and Jones have not been disciplined for their alleged actions, and Richardson received only a fine.
Unlike the accounts of Watson’s conduct with massage therapists, Kraft’s two alleged instances of solicitation in Jupiter, Fla., occurred with consenting sex workers. As the NFLPA framed matters, though, when Friel was pressed on the league’s response to Kraft’s alleged behavior during the Robinson hearings, “her only explanation … was the glib assertion that ‘[p]rostitution isn’t one of the enumerated offenses in our personal conduct policy.
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