The NFL and the Professional Players Association (NFLPA) reached an agreement this Thursday to 11-party suspension from quarterback Deshaun Watsonwho will also receive a fine of five million dollars.
the deal came following the league’s appeal of the six-game suspension that the quarterback had received from the Disciplinary Committee that ordered the league last June.
Watson was sued in 2021 by 24 women for sexual misconduct in massage sessions he received during his time with the Houston Texans, a team he left this year to sign a contract for 230 million dollars and five years con los Cleveland Browns.
A couple of months ago the ‘quarterback’ reached a confidential agreement with 20 of these women, Despite this, he was submitted to said Disciplinary Committee appointed by the NFL and the Association of Professional Soccer Players.
The Committee, led by former US District Judge Sue Robinson, handpicked by the league, evaluated the case for three days and on August 1 issued its decision to suspend six parties to Watson.
The decision did not satisfy the NFLwhich appealed the decision through Commissioner Roger Goodell, who appointed former New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey to oversee the appeal that led to these 11 penalty games.
Watson’s Suspension will start on August 30, at the end of the preseason, one week before the start of the 2022 season, the quarterback will be eligible to return on November 28.
On August 12, Watson, who had reiterated that I had not disrespected any woman, apologized to his claimants for the first time since this whole process began.
“I mean really I feel sorry for all the women I have impacted in this situation and for the decisions I made in my life and that put me in this position“, explained the passer before the first preseason game with his team.
El ‘quarterback’ featured with the Browns in preseason week one matchup in which they visited the Jacksonville Jaguars, while he was on the field for a couple of offenses.
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