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🗓️ 8 August 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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0:00.0 | In the NFL's eyes, six games was not enough. |
0:03.7 | It was not near enough. |
0:05.6 | The NFL is seeking an indefinite suspension. |
0:09.0 | It was not happy about six games. |
0:12.0 | In fact, I was told it was very, very disturbed |
0:16.3 | about the judge's decision. |
0:18.0 | And now the NFL will seek to impose, once again, |
0:21.4 | its own form of justice. |
0:31.2 | When former federal judge Sue L. Robinson |
0:34.3 | handed to Sean Watson a six game suspension last week, |
0:37.9 | the reaction for many was clear. |
0:40.1 | It wasn't enough. |
0:41.8 | Robinson's really acknowledged Watson's egregious behavior, |
0:45.4 | which had been chronicle in dozens of accounts |
0:47.8 | of sexual misconduct, but said she was bound by precedent |
0:51.2 | of punishment in previous NFL cases. |
0:54.6 | Now, the league is appealing Watson's suspension, |
0:58.0 | hoping for a stronger punishment, |
1:00.1 | while setting a new precedent for how the national football |
1:03.4 | league handles cases like this going forward. |
1:07.3 | So today, ESPN's Cleveland Browns reporter, Jake Trotter, |
1:11.6 | tells us what the NFL's appeal means for Watson's future, |
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