Browns owner Jimmy Haslam to blame for fan support of Deshaun Watson

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Cleveland Browns fans are putting their lack of class on full display, and its all been enabled by team owner Jimmy Haslam. Photo: Getty Images

Talent trumps anything in the NFL and Jimmy Haslam knows that.

We strongly believe [Deshaun Watson] deserves a second chance, the Cleveland Browns owner said last week. We gave Kareem Hunt a second chance and that worked out pretty well.

A few days later marching to the beat of the drum that Haslam started playing a couple of disgusting adults showed up at the stadium in support of their star quarterback. There was a man selling T-shirts that read BITCH GIVE ME A MASSAGE! in the teams colors, along with what appeared to be a father-and-son duo that showed up with signs FUCK THEM HOES and. FREE WATSON.

Way to stay classy, ​​Cleveland.

Beyond being a reminder that the Browns are a franchise that will always welcome talented players who have done bad things to women, Haslam gave every man and woman that doesnt believe women, or always assumes that theyre lying about unwanted sexual acts or advances that have been made against them, the green light to act like this is a conversation about redemption when its solely about revenue.

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If Watson werent good at football, Haslam wouldnt have signed him to the largest guaranteed deal in NFL history. He doesn’t care about Watsons soul, he cares about his investment. And thats not an opinion, its a fact.

And you can say, well thats because hes a star quarterback. Well, of course, said Haslam about whats the real reason why the franchise is standing behind Watson.

In a series of tweets last month, ESPN reporter Kimberley A. Martin chronicled some fan reactions toward Watson at practice. The scene of children frolicking toward him was frustrating. And its not like it was the kids fault, as the blame is on their parents. I mean, how else do you think they got there? Somebody had to take them to practice so that they could get autographs and a pair of their heroes cleats.

Its a far cry from how things were last summer for Watson, as he was caught on camera walking off the field at a Houston Texans practice when he asked the media, Why yall always filming me every day? Its the same shit, as if he isn’t the reason why he had at least 24 sexual misconduct laws filed against him.

The way you walk and talk changes when you’ve realized that youre Teflon in your team owners eyes.

Over the next few months, it will be interesting to see how fans of all ages respond to Deshaun Watson. Will he get booed on the road and be supported at home? Or in a few months, will people have moved on to focus solely on football?

But what we do know is that those kids who were holding up signs and getting autographs from Watson were there because of their parents. And when you realize that those kids will one day become parents, you start to understand how this cycle continues.

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