The NFL have a bit of a global expansion plan happening and as such assign countries to a team. Australia got the Rams as our ‘team’ fwiw so any future game here will likely involve them.
Only downside is the majority of their good players will be cooked by ‘24, so could be some ugly viewing.
New deal for Aaron Donald from the Rams, sets new benchmark for non-QB players.
“The Rams reworked Donald’s deal to give him a $40 million raise over the last three years of his existing contract, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, making him the first non-quarterback to eclipse $30 million per season. The reworked deal brings the total value of Donald’s contract to $95 million over three years.”
Not sure if people are following the Deshaun Watson stuff but the allegations keep piling up. There has to be a flash point with this and he has to seriously worry about going to jail rather than playing another down in the league.
I haven’t been following too closely, but aren’t they civil lawsuits (ie - he’s being sued by the massuers), rather than criminal charges? And I’m not even sure if I’ve got the terminology right.
Either way, I wonder what sort of get-out clauses the Browns put on that massive deal (which apparently including a bajillion in guaranteed dollars).
Sort of get the feeling they did minimal, if any, Investigation into the claims/cases before the trade and subsequent contract was signed off on.
And given the timing of it all, did The Texans know of these before they were public, conceal it whilst he was playing for them, and have an axe to grind after he requested a trade by leaking certain things?
No they knew all about it. The Grand Jury rejected the indictment on March 11, they signed him up March 18. Once he was free of the criminal charges then no matter what happens with the civil stuff he is free and clear at this stage (unless more come out). Civil cases are about money, not jail.
The claims against him and court stuff had been going on for a year.
I think from now on all NFL teams will require that players seeking massages will be required to book them through club-approved masseurs. And they’ll only approve hairy, overweight guys named Bruce to do it.