With the former Texans QB's fate in limbo pending an NFL appeal, the league's commissioner said pushing for a longer suspension was the right thing to do.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he feels the league needed to keep pushing for a year-long suspension for Deshaun Watson.NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he feels the league needed to keep pushing for a year-long suspension for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson because of his "egregious" and "predatory behavior" toward women.
"Either party could certainly challenge and appeal that and that was something that we felt was our right to do as well as NFLPA," Goodell said. "So we decided it was the right thing to do." In her 16-page ruling, Robinson concluded Watson violated the league's personal conduct policy with his behavior, using both "egregious" and "predatory" to describe his actions."Because we've seen the evidence," he said. "She was very clear about the evidence. She reinforced the evidence, that there was multiple violations here and they were egregious, and that it was predatory behavior.
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