Though the number of defectors this year is impossible to measure and is surely a small fraction of the team’s fanbase, the Watson-spurred attrition—and the financial implications that accompany it—can’t be discounted.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Melissa Kulwicki thought it was fate when a customer named Keith strode into her salon and declared his love for the Cleveland Browns, the team she had adored since her childhood in Mansfield.
Though the number of defectors this year is impossible to measure and is surely a small fraction of the team’s fanbase, the Watson-spurred attrition—and the financial implications that accompany it—can’t be discounted, based on interviews with more than a dozen longtime fans who’ve pledged not to watch a game this year.
Meanwhile, many brush off the Watson ordeal as just another speedbump for a franchise known for misfortune. “Our scars are our badge of honor,” said Keith, a 50-year-old logistics specialist for a chemical manufacturing company. “I root for the name on the front of the jersey, not the back. Players and coaches and owners come and go. The damn team came and went. I’m still a Browns fan.”Rebekah Powell is a third-generation diehard from Troy who has cheered the Browns through good times and bad.
Watson was first accused of sexual misconduct in March 2021, when a Houston massage therapist alleged that the three-time Pro Bowler intentionally touched her sexually. Since her lawsuit was filed, a parade of massage therapists has accused Watson of wide-ranging sexual allegations. “We’ve been clear since we signed that we understand and respect how some of feel,” said Peter John-Baptiste, a Browns spokesperson. “Deshaun has talked about how he’s working on being the best version of himself on and off the field. We hope our fans will give him the opportunity to prove himself and earn their trust.”
Lockner, a foster care transportation coordinator, also wants to know if Haslam and his wife, co-owner Dee Haslam, knew, prior to the trade, that Watson booked massages with as many as 66 women. “It’s hard to describe how fundamentally unmooring that experience is when something you love so deeply betrays you in that way,” said Kachmyers.Despite such outcry, however, the voices of disenfranchised Browns fans seem dwarfed by those eager to see the team perform well, no matter who is under center. For them, it’s time to start talking about football.
Mendolera’s rationale is a common refrain on Browns message boards. But according to Dianna Taylor, the director of John Carroll University’s Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program and author of “Sexual Violence and Humiliation,” women who experience sexual violation are not socially conditioned to fight back against threats, given normative gender constructions.
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