Suspensions open up the possibility of guarantees being voided. That’s how it works and there’s nothing Watson’s camp can do about it if Cleveland says so. I’m guessing there’s no way that trade can be voided either.
The Browns would be foolish to attempt to recoup that money and Im sure Watson’s agent put specific language in his contract to prevent that. The Browns got Watson out of pure desperation.
I’ll be interested to see if the nfl continues to play moral police and deem that a weird sex addict is more harmful to the shield than woman beater