NFL says six-game suspension and no fine is not enough and says it will appeal Deshaun Watson's punishment.
On Monday, former federal judge Sue L. Robinson announced that former Houston Texan and current Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson would be receiving a six game suspension for violating the NFL's conduct policy in multiple massage settings. Of course, Watson has been the subject of 24 civil lawsuits from various massage therapists over the last year or so, 23 of which have been settled out of court.
Commissioner Roger Goodell has the power to personally handle the Deshaun Watson appeal hearing. He will not be exercising it. Throughout the hearings in front of Robinson, back in June and July, the NFL's investigative team working on the Watson case had been pushing for an indefinite suspension with a minimum of one year, after which Watson would have to apply for reinstatement. So to say that the NFL did not get what it wanted out of Robinson's ruling would be a massive understatement.
Most famously, Tom Brady sued the league in federal court over his four game Deflate-gate suspension prior to the 2015 season, which allowed Brady to play in 2015, but after losing the court case, he was eventually still suspended for four games and served the sentence in the opening month of the 2016 season instead.
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