Commissioner Roger Goodell (NFLCommish) spoke with the media on Tuesday during the annual owners meeting and addressed Deshaun Watson’s playing status
that Watson’s punishment would come in the form of discipline—such as a suspension or a fine—and he would not land on the commissioner’s exempt list, per Breer.
“We’ve been very clear over the last year that the civil cases were at play over the last year, the only thing that has changed is the criminal element that has been at least resolved,” Goodell said. “And that was an important element in the context of the commissioner’s exemption that we have discussed with our player’s association. So, if the criminal had proceeded, that would’ve more likely triggered a commissioner’s exempt.
According to the NFL’s 2020 personal conduct policy, for players to land on the exempt list, they must be formally charged with “a crime of violence, meaning that he is accused … of having engaged in a sexual assault by force or against a person who was incapable of giving consent, or having engaged in other conduct that poses a genuine danger to the safety or well-being of another person.”
A player can also land on the exempt list if the commissioner, through an investigation, believes a player may have violated any of the conduct identified above. The commissioner “can act where the circumstance and evidence warrant doing so.” In October, Goodell said that the league doesn’t “feel we have that necessary information to place [Watson] on the exempt list.”
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