Hello, and welcome to Take Client. I'm your host, Jason Citeshion of Great and Substantive

and interesting show this week. I'm talking first to Wall Street Journal and F.O. reporter

Andrew Beaton to discuss the Cleveland Browns recent trade for Dishon Watson, signing him

to a five year, $230 million, nearly fully guaranteed contract, despite the fact that Watson

is currently facing civil lawsuits from 22 women who have accused him of sexual misconduct,

sexual assault, a range of bad activities. Later, producer Zero Irvin and Ryan Waller

and I will just kind of unpack this entire sad story. After that, I'm talking to Katie Barnes

of ESPN about the reaction to NCAA swimmer, University of Pennsylvania, student Leah Thomas,

who just became the first known transgender athlete to win an NCAA division one title after

claiming the 500 meter freestyle event over the weekend. And then finally, I'll speak to Evan

Holyfield, son of four time heavyweight champion, Evander Holyfield, and one of the stars of

legacy in the shadow of greatness, which premiered earlier this month on Discovery Plus.

On March 11th, grand jury in Texas decided not to pursue charges in numerous sexual misconduct

and sexual assault cases against now former Texans quarterback Dishon Watson.

Several days after that, the Cleveland Browns traded for Watson and then announced that they

would be signing him to what is essentially the richest guaranteed contract in NFL history,

$230 million, meaning that should Watson be suspended due to the repercussions of any of the

22 ongoing civil cases that still remain against him. He will lose only $1 million of the

massive $230 million payday. The Browns released a statement saying in part, we spent a tremendous

amount of time exploring and investigating the opportunity to trade for Dishon. You should

add here that they are not the only ones. New Orleans, Atlanta, etc. A lot of other teams were

exploring trading from Dishon, part of why clearly the Browns landed. Dishon was their willing

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