Deshaun Watson's 11-Game Suspension

The Ringer NFL Show

The Ringer

Sports

4.0 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Nora and Lindsay share their thoughts on the news that Deshaun Watson has now been suspended for 11 games and fined $5 million. They discuss Watson’s punishment, Watson and members of the Browns organization's press conferences, and more. Hosts: Nora Princiotti and Lindsay Jones Associate Producer: Isaiah Blakely Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	What's up everybody I'm Brian Barrett, former Boston sports radio guy and now hosted the new
0:04.4	Ringer show off the pike that will cover all your favorite Boston teams and stories from
0:09.6	Fenway to Foxboro to the Garden and beyond. We're reacting to all the biggest games and moments
0:15.4	with episodes at least three times a week featuring myself and some of your favorite guests at the
0:20.4	Ringer and in the city. Plus if the Celtics or the Patriots make a surprise trade, if the Red Sox
0:26.3	go at a run or if any news breaks will drop instant reaction episodes too so you're always up
0:32.0	to date with the latest chatter. Get in on the action and follow off the pike with me, Brian Barrett
0:37.5	now on Spotify. Hello and welcome to the Ringer NFL show I'm Nora Prince-Yati. Before we get
0:51.3	started with today's episode, I want to mention that we're going to be covering the settlement
0:56.9	in the disciplinary case regarding Dishon Watson. So this episode is going to contain a discussion
1:02.0	of sexual assault that some listeners may find disturbing. The news is that on Thursday the NFL
1:08.7	and the NFL PA reached a settlement in the Watson case and agreed that he will be suspended 11 games
1:16.2	in 2020, find $5 million and agree to attend mandatory counseling. I am here with Lindsey Jones
1:27.2	to go through the news and kind of figure out how the settlement was reached and talk about
1:34.3	what it all means. Hi, Lindsey, how are you doing? I'm good Nora. How are you?
1:38.4	Fine, fine, fine. So we know what the decision in the settlement is. What do we know? What can you
1:48.8	tell us about how this agreement was reached between the NFL and the NFL PA? So it's been just over
1:54.5	two weeks now since the NFL and NFL PA arbiter Judge Sue L. Robinson made her initial disciplinary
2:01.4	ruling and that was if we if we go back a couple weeks, that was six games. There was no fine added to
2:07.4	that. The NFL then went and appealed and in the NFL's appeal, which went to Roger Gidell or
2:14.4	somebody who he would designate who ultimately was Peter Harvey was the man who is designated to hear
2:19.3	this appeal. The NFL was asking for their initial disciplinary recommendation, which was a full
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Ringer, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Ringer and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.