and I feel bad for Deshawn, I felt bad for him from day one.
Because look, he's a young guy. He's my son's age and
as my son got older, that's when I really started to
understand because I compared his behavior, his mindset to
these guys that we see that we view as Gladiators, we put them
on pedestals. I spent my whole life doing that from
when I was 7 or 8 years old back when
you were for the Cowboys and I was rooting for the Vikings and
the NFL was larger than life. As you start to realize and
recognize that these are young guys that are still kind of
finding their way through life, they need
people around them,
who can give them
the support. They need, who will tell them
the difficult truth. This things that need to be said
the things that keep you in line. Not apologists,
not yes-men, not people who will just blindly circle
the wagons. Even when there's something
It's happening
that requires someone to do something other than say
Shawn didn't do anything wrong
and I go all the way back to the beginning
from the moment that they became aware of the Ashley
Solis claims when Tony Busby tried to resolve them quietly
in order to avoid a major production in order to avoid
threats and insults and ridicule for Ashley. So least
try to do it privately. They they they just turned up their
Nose at Tony Busby he Demands a hundred thousand dollars which
suggests 50 to 75,000 as a settlement and they just say
no, he didn't do anything wrong. See, that's the moment.
Somebody needs to sit down with the Sean Watson say.
Well we just need to
bear with me here to Shawn. I know, you may not like to hear
this and I know you're the star quarterback of the Houston
Texans but this is for your own good.
Let's talk about this a little bit. Let's play out. What could
happen here? If there's any reason to think
any reason at all to think
that
This lady may be onto something.
We probably should consider doing the right thing.
Making amends. Now recognizing that something happened that
shouldn't have happened. And let's talk a little bit more
about this whole
massage thing. Like you found on how many others
are out. They there was none of that. It was to Sean's innocent
bang on the table from day. One to Shawn. Didn't do it to
Shawn. Didn't do it. Why are you investigating
the women who are making these false claims? They're all
lying? Why aren't you? Why aren't you looking at them
media? Why aren't you doing your job? Well, why aren't you
doing your job and proven that they're lying? Where's
the proof? We started seeing any proof that. Anybody who's lying
Anything if anything
judge Robinson found that four of them were telling the truth
and see this is the problem.
This is the, this is the core, this is why should the sit well
with anyone
the union representing DeShaun Watson, tried to get the league
to say, hey, we accept, whatever judge Robinson does
we accept it? Because they knew that they had worked a magic
trick on Judge Robinson and somehow convinced her to not
suspend him for a full season
even though she concluded that he
Did it. Now how has the Union on behalf of DeShaun Watson? Do
you Embrace what judge Robinson did
and then basically give her the finger after the fact? And
that's what got me
Shereen this the last thing I'm going to say good luck, uh,
I meant I'm going to as Chris Sims says from time to time.
I'm talking too long, David mullah ghetto who represents
DeShaun Watson and he should not get off the hook here.
Either
he posted a tweet yesterday that went after
judge Robinson to be clear, judge Robinson. He did
the NFL's narrative.
She received a brief from the NFL weeks, before we had
the opportunity to talk to her in our first call with the judge,
she referred to Deshawn's pattern of behavior. Her mind
was made up before
we ever presented a counter. Well, he did have a pattern of
behavior David, he did. He had a pattern of behavior are you
denying? He didn't have
a pattern of behavior. What are you saying here?
He deleted that. And then he added this, which I don't think
has any better Deshawn has always stated. He is innocent
of sexual assault. Things changed, and what he said,
he also said he is remorseful the decisions he
made have created this situation. The settlement
allows him to move forward with his life and career,
okay? The judge found, he committed for instances of non
violence sexual assault. I'm all for
giving to Shawna second chance, I'm old for embracing his
Redemption. If he wants it, he's throwing it back. He has
his Redemption, he has his punishment, he has his future
secured
and he's throwing it.
Back because his agent is
enabling it.
His agent is empowering it. His agent is failing to look out
for the long-term best interests of his client by
continuing to bang. This drum of, he didn't do it. He didn't
do it. He didn't do it.
That's the that's the core of the problem here.
DeShaun Watson and the people who are supposed to be looking
out for him.
Are failing
their client. That's the problem.
Yeah, it is Mike and you made a great Point. Judge Robinson
also said in her 16-page ruling that she found that DeShaun
Watson was not truthful
and I go back to that statement that he gave to NFL Network
before the first preseason game when he apologized for
the first time, all we've seen the apology. Well, it's obvious now
that he didn't believe a word that he said
he thought that would help his case
and help and settlement talks and
Obviously did the NFL believed, then that that DeShaun Watson
was remorseful, there was nothing remorseful, and what he
said yesterday, there was nothing a no apology in what he
said yesterday. There was nothing like that. And what he
said yesterday, he
basically admitted yesterday that the apology was was not
an apology that he said what he had to say
to get where he is now to get the shorter. See? Suspension
than a year that the NFL wanted and it worked. It worked. They
bought what he said to NFL Network
before that preseason game
and it's clear that
he was lying then just like he has lied in this thing all
throughout this and you're right it goes back to
the people around him not giving him good advice on how to
handle the situation and what to do. So it's been a disaster
from the very start. A year and a half
into this thing.
It has not improved.
It's only gotten worse
and you're right. You point to the people who have who can
tell DeShaun Watson. Look, this is what we're going to do. This
is how we're going to handle this and they handled it
poorly from the start to the finish and we're not at
the finish yet. So how many more bad things are? We going to see
from now until when he comes back whenever that might be
where pointing at
the Texans games but as you said Mike
he's got a show in
Counseling that he is remorseful that he does
understand what he did. And to me, based on what he said
yesterday, we're a long long way from that.
Well, and we, if the NFL
Insists on.
A true diagnosis, a true evaluation a true treatment
process that potentially becomes a barrier to DeShaun
Watson has returned or is the League's position. Let's just
get through this and he comes back. Let's not prolong it.
Let's not have any more
fights. Let's not do anything more along those lines.