re: Why is the NFL podcasting world refusing to talk about Watson allegations?

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So yea, has Watson been charged with anything at all yet?

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Na but he will be

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EarlyCuyler3

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Wow, a gif about the police
I’m changing you, excellent

Try GM shuffle. You listening to wrong podcasts

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Sorry, I'm not into dudes.

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Wow shaming gays.
So unlike you !

I did see this in a SI article.

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The Deshaun Watson that we thought we knew probably does not exist. We all need to commit to that reality and act accordingly. This includes the media, which has largely (though not entirely) tiptoed around the allegations. I suspect it is in part because Watson has spoken up about social justice issues, and he has fought to get away from a dysfunctional franchise, two causes that have endeared him to many in sports media. I don’t think people are giving him a pass for the assault allegations, but if you think most people in the media will go after him as hard and fast as we would go after, say, Curt Schilling, if he faced these kinds of allegations, you are fooling yourself.

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top 3 player in the NFL is likely going to miss at least half the season for multiple sexual assaults and yet nobody will talk about it and IM the a-hole

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PFT had at least 5 articles today.

You really are the fricking worst. You’re the Justin Bieber of Britain. We can’t give your stupid arse back because they don’t want you either.

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I'm not sure about podcasts, but this story is all over the national media.

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Yeah, it's everywhere

also, podcasts are all about hot takes and opinions and discussion. They're supposed to be kinda fun.

what is there to discuss at this point? Did he do it or didn't he? are the accusers credible? Seems like a hotbed of shite I wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole

Lots of potential slander issues, too, depending on how things land.

I'd avoid this story like the plague if I was a major name in the podcasting world, at least until more facts come out.

I feel like this would definitely be front page news if it was Josh Allen or Tom Brady.

I think the lawyer’s reputation is what is holding this back a bit from making it more widespread.

The NFL is in the business of protecting its brand, not just blacks. It just so happen that racial issues are at the forefront. When domestic abuse was the top issue, nobody hesitated to trash Ray Rice or Adrian Peterson, the latter of which was a joke IMO.

The Deshaun case is interesting because the woke sports media loves the push for women’s equality and loves the push for anything achieved by a POC. My popcorn is ready.

GM shuffle hasn’t mentioned it at all really. And Lombardi leans pretty hard left - he’s constantly raving about the Stanley Tucci show on CNN in which the host heaped platitudes on Che Guevara and far left activists that have frick all to do with food in Italy while constantly demonizing anti-migrant Italians