I've read most of your response to this over the past two days... and everyone here would agree that you are one of the more level-headed contributors. Here's a bottom line that we can all wrap our heads around...
"Knowing" what really went on was intersecting with a point on the graph known as "dumpster fire football team"; and I'll trade not knowing.
I don't need the gory details. Somewhere lost in the endless arguments between "but, but... a court of law..." and "22 women!!!" is a fact. I've said it many times, I'll say it again. Deshaun is a pervert. Plain and simple. And really, as the stories have unfolded, one of the biggest pigs in the (reported) history of the league. You don't really need to examine every case under a microscope to understand that.
As much as we all grew weary of Pit's "22 women!", he was 100% correct in one simple aspect... that doesn't happen by accident. It wasn't just a bandwagon. Regardless of any courts "decision" this lands squarely in the territory of "Houston, we have a problem".
Was he enabled? Maybe.
Was he unclear that he was crossing boundaries? Maybe at the beginning.
Was he clouded by the fact that many of these "sessions" resulted in him getting what he wanted? Good chance.
Was he warned that things were getting out of hand? YES. Yet he continued.
Is he remorseful? We'll find out.
Will time heal this wound? Time always does.
I've heard enough to know everything I need to know... #24 had me waving the white flag. It's not about "guilt" anymore, it's about what he does going forward. And truth be told, if his demeanor, beyond the timetable of the remaining litigation and suspension, is "I didn't do anything wrong"... there are not enough championships to make me respect him as a man.
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