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He would be stupid to increase the penalty, the union and Watson would sue and this will be in the news cycle for a year at least - aaaannnnd Watson would be playing week 1 on the appeal.
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NFL appeals 6-game suspension for Browns' Deshaun Watson
A person familiar with the filing told The Associated Press that the NFL is seeking an indefinite suspension of at least one year plus a fine in appealing a disciplinary officer’s decision to suspend Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for six games for violating the league’s personal conduc
It's appealing the independent arbitrator's decision.
i read somewhere last night that Goodell gets to decide who hears the appeal and could actually make himself the decision maker.
That power was removed from him after the Zeke incident in the new CBA. He does have power of appeal though and CAN arbitrarily add to the judge's ruling, but then the union and the player have right to sue. Watson would be playing week one pending the trial, and this shit will be in the news cycle for at least the next year. It would be an exceedingly dumb move by Goodell.
Yeah there wasn't an independent arbiter then. There is now, because the players wanted to neuter Goodell's disciplinary power.
Yep, she said the witness wasn't believable and there was nothing that substantiated any suspension. This is why Jones was so angry upon hearing Zeke as getting suspended, because the arbitrator had apparently leaked that info to Jerry prior and assured him Zeke would be cleared (along with why).
