Trade: [CLE/HOU] Deshaun Watson (signs 5 years, $230M) and 2024 5th for 2022, 2023, and 2024 1sts, 2023 3rd, 2024 4th

[Unholy Diver]

We have no idea what the settlement amounts are.

No but they reportedly turned down 100K previously, so I doubt they settled for 5-10k each

 

[StreetHawk]

No but they reportedly turned down 100K previously, so I doubt they settled for 5-10k each

$100k is probably the minimum at this point. Could see that figure increase 50-100%. Even if it doubled settling 20 cases for $200k each is $4 mill. The guy is getting $46 mill from the browns this year plus made over $51 mill with Houston.

 

[Troy McClure]

No but they reportedly turned down 100K previously, so I doubt they settled for 5-10k each

Keep in mind, their lawyer is going to get 1/3 or more of this as his fee. So even in that scenario, what was really being offered to each victim was $66k or less.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Keep in mind, their lawyer is going to get 1/3 or more of this as his fee. So even in that scenario, what was really being offered to each victim was $66k or less.

All the more reason to push for more

I wonder if settling makes any difference in the punishment he gets, I know settling is not technically admitting guilt but it obviously makes a lot of people assume guilt

 

[GKJ]

If he’s paying 20 women ~$100k each, he’s guilty. You’re talking millions of dollars if that’s the case. My guess is it’s probably less.

 

[CokenoPepsi]

500k-1 million each

 

[StreetHawk]

If he’s paying 20 women ~$100k each, he’s guilty. You’re talking millions of dollars if that’s the case. My guess is it’s probably less.

$100k times 20 is $2 million. By the end of this nfl season watson would have made like $97 million in 6 seasons. And with a fully guaranteed contract he will make $281 mill through 10 years in the nfl.

So even if it cost him double the $100k it’s $4 mill. $2 mill per every $100k per person settlement.

 

[TheAngryHank]

500k-1 million each

Hope so.

 

[GKJ]

$100k times 20 is $2 million. By the end of this nfl season watson would have made like $97 million in 6 seasons. And with a fully guaranteed contract he will make $281 mill through 10 years in the nfl.

So even if it cost him double the $100k it’s $4 mill. $2 mill per every $100k per person settlement.

But that’s still a ton of money in settlements regardless of whether he can afford it.

 

[blueandgoldguy]

$100k times 20 is $2 million. By the end of this nfl season watson would have made like $97 million in 6 seasons. And with a fully guaranteed contract he will make $281 mill through 10 years in the nfl.

So even if it cost him double the $100k it’s $4 mill. $2 mill per every $100k per person settlement.

HE is not taking home anywhere near close to that after taxes and his agent's cut. And he is sure not making a lot of extra dough on endorsements.

 

[StreetHawk]

HE is not taking home anywhere near close to that after taxes and his agent's cut. And he is sure not making a lot of extra dough on endorsements.

This is his own doing. And thus this is the price he has to pay. He could have settled 18/22 cases for $100k last year for $1.8 mill.

Not to mention the legal fees he is incurring as well.

 

[MMC]

 

[Static]

Browns:

 

[BB88]

I just don’t get the unprecedenced defense by Watsons side for the suspension league is after, based on the past.

Who’s exactly been in Watsons spot in the past?

I hope he gets atleast a year

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Unless his suspension lasts more than a year it's monetarily negligible for him due to the way that contract is structured. Can his game bounce back after more than two years out of the game? The Browns are betting that it can, and I'm inclined to agree with them.

 

[Troy McClure]

Gotta think the Texans are in a world of hurt.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Gotta think the Texans are in a world of hurt.

And they deserve it ten-fold.

 

[Breakers]

They knew
The standing Hotel reservation proves it.

I wish some of the suspension could stretch into the season after next just so he can feel it in the pocketbook
he isnt losing any money this year

 

[StreetHawk]

Gotta think the Texans are in a world of hurt.

Texans have to explain why they are paying for a hotel room. Unless hey were “deceived” by Watson on its use. Or they simply adopted the don’t ask for plausible deniability.

 

[GKJ]

They knew
The standing Hotel reservation proves it.

I wish some of the suspension could stretch into the season after next just so he can feel it in the pocketbook
he isnt losing any money this year

That’s probably the point they’re making to the disciplinary officer

 

[Unholy Diver]

That’s probably the point they’re making to the disciplinary officer

Yeah the contract structuring was just a big middle finger to the league

 

[Dubi Doo]

They knew
The standing Hotel reservation proves it.

I wish some of the suspension could stretch into the season after next just so he can feel it in the pocketbook
he isnt losing any money this year

Seems like a lot depends on these 5 cases:

The NFL Prepares to Push for an Indefinite Suspension of Deshaun Watson

The league is angling for a ban of no shorter than one season for the quarterback who has been accused by dozens of women of sexual assault or misconduct.

www.wsj.com

"While the league’s arguments include the broad array of the accusations against Watson—in addition to the 24 lawsuits, other women have accused him of wrongdoing without taking civil action against him—officials have zeroed in on five of the alleged victims whose cases they believe include the strongest evidence.

The league will focus on those five cases as it argues for the significant ban. Those cases include contemporaneous corroboration, such as text messages, of the women’s accounts, two of the people said. League officials believe those allegations in particular are objectively provable and establish a clear and disturbing pattern of behavior from Watson."

 

[Voight]

Unless his suspension lasts more than a year it's monetarily negligible for him due to the way that contract is structured. Can his game bounce back after more than two years out of the game? The Browns are betting that it can, and I'm inclined to agree with them.

Vick bounced back after 2 years out of football with a 3rd year as a backup.

 

[kingsholygrail]

This is like an oil spill. It just keeps growing.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

The fallout of this scandal is rather informative to the public.

The superficial things you see in public...really means nothing.

Also, this is why many parties settle things and relent some things in negotiations quietly rather than battle. Keep the dirty laundry in-house and for the outsider...the transgressions are speculation and/or conspiracy theories.