ESPN analyst Ryan Clark has been left fuming at the decision to suspend Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for six games. In what was arguably the biggest story of the NFL offseason, and having gone through multiple different phases before reaching a decision, Judge Sue L.
Robinson has decided that Deshaun Watson will be suspended for the first six games of the Cleveland Browns’ season. Watson had been accused of 24 counts of sexual misconduct with massage therapists during his time with the Houston Texans, and although he was not indicted by a grand jury over the accusations, he did face a number of civil suits but settled with all bar one of them out of court before the suspension was handed out.
Judge Robinson later this afternoon released her report on the matter where she explained why the length of the suspension should be so: Judge Sue Robinson has released her report on the Deshaun Watson findings that led to the 6-game suspension with this conclusion: pic.twitter.com/sxaU8AxMm8 Reasons that former NFL player Ryan Clark didn’t feel were enough.
Speaking on ESPN’s Get Up in the immediate aftermath of the suspension being announced, Clark was asked by host Mike Greenberg for his thoughts on the suspension, and he was far from happy about the number that was given out, with reference to other suspensions that have been handed out in the past and believes that the NFL might appeal the decision, even though the NFLPA (NFL Player’s Association) stated that they hoped the league wouldn’t do so: “The other thing we have to remember is in the NFL, it doesn’t matter if you’re guilty or innocent.