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The NFL’s Appeal in the Deshaun Watson Case, Explained

ESPN Daily

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

When former federal Judge Sue L. Robinson handed Deshaun Watson a six-game suspension last week, the reaction from many was clear: it wasn’t enough. Robinson’s ruling acknowledged Watson’s “egregious” behavior, which had been chronicled in dozens of accounts of sexual misconduct, but said she was bound by precedent of punishment in previous NFL cases. Now, the league is appealing Watson’s suspension – hoping for a stronger punishment while setting a new precedent for how the National Football League handles cases like these going forward. ESPN’s Cleveland Browns reporter Jake Trotter tells us what the NFL’s appeal means for Watson’s future, whether he might take the league to court, and what it all says about how the NFL administers player discipline going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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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