The NFL has been handing out weak, lenient, and at times suspect suspensions on black athletes involved in domestic violence, being investigated for inappropriately touching women, and black athletes that violate the NFL rules. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is supposed to be on top of these cases. However, because the NFL owners pays his salary, Roger Goodell hands out lenient suspensions to star athletes because they are the best at their position. In my honest opinion, you shouldn't be giving out lenient suspensions just because someone is the best at their position or because they are black. For example, Deshaun Watson, a black Quarterback of his former team the Houston Texans and now the Cleveland Browns only gets a 6-game suspension. I believe 24 women have accused Watson of inappropriately touching them.
Meanwhile, the NFL fired head coach Jon Gruden of the Oakland Raiders and Las Vegas Raiders in 2021 over a leaked text conversation to try to blackball Gruden just because he didn't agree with the NFL hiring of new people. We all have been on a job, not everyone that a boss or bosses hire we are going to agree with. The NFL tried to make Gruden appear racist and no NFL player that ever played for Gruden believe he would say derogatory things toward black people. Gruden coached my team the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to their first ever Super Bowl win in 2002 and I don't believe that Gruden is a racist. If the NFL is going to be fair, then Antonio Brown wouldn't have been allowed to play pro football again. Brown took to social media to say mean and nasty things toward ownership of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Las Vegas Raiders, New England Patriots, and towards then head coach of the Bucs Bruce Arians.
This proves that the NFL caters to black athletes. The NFL got the Ray Rice suspension wrong when he beat up his then girlfriend/fiancée and knocked her out Janay Palmer now wife in 2014 during an altercation while they were on an elevator. Rice was initially given a 2-game suspension. Roger Goodell saw the video and then changed Rice's suspension to indefinitely. The Baltimore Ravens cut Rice immediately after the video leaked out. Rice appealed the suspension and won because the NFL violated the agreement that they made concerning Rice's suspension. I'm so glad that the Ravens stepped up and decided that they didn't need this off the field distraction on their team.
Now let's get back on Deshaun Watson. Deshaun Watson was a risky trade that the Cleveland Browns did. The Browns knew that they wanted to move Baker Mayfield and traded for Watson. I believe Watson had like 23 women accusing him of inappropriately touching them. There is a reason why the Cleveland Browns franchise have not won a playoff game since 1995 prior to when QB Mayfield helped lead the Browns to a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2020. The Browns knew that when they took on Watson's big contract, they will also be taking on the baggage that Watson brings to their team. Now if Watson is found guilty in the lawsuit by these 20-plus women, Commissioner Roger Goodell will be thought of as being too soft with his suspension of Watson. Watson should have gotten suspended indefinitely until the NFL learn if the verdict is guilty or innocent concerning the women accusing Watson in my humble opinion. That is all for free speech on all topics, keep an eye out for more blogs like this. God Bless You!
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