“Deshaun Watson needs to lay low, and NFL need to deal with this” First Take host Molly Qerim asks for the NFL to put Deshaun Watson on the Exempt list.

ESPN’s Molly Qerim weighed in on Deshaun Watson’s sexual assault allegations. After 16 lawsuits against the Texans QB, Qerim urged the NFL to do more than just take the matter “under review”.

After 24 total claims, Querim suggested that the NFL put Deshaun on the Commissioners Exempt List. The Exempt List is a special status that can be placed on players by NFL teams during unusual circumstances. The List includes all the players who have been declared by the Commissioner to be temporarily exempt from counting within the Active List limit.

NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy said last Wednesday that the matter falls under the league’s personal conduct policy and is under review. Being one of the few female sports media personalities, Qerim took it upon herself to push the NFL to be more proactive.

Molly Qerim spoke up on the NFL’s investigation

“Given the seriousness and quantity of these allegations, we are talking fourteen lawsuits and twenty-four total claims, and we are only ten days in,” Qerim said. “I personally, as a woman, would like to hear more from the NFL. ‘The matter is under review’ is just simply not enough.”

“So, we have an opportunity here to be proactive rather than reactionary. That has been the knock on the NFL. You can get in front of it you can acknowledge it. You can condemn the behaviour and address it.”

“If I am the NFL, I am putting Deshaun Watson on the Commissioner’s Exempt List. I look at it this way. He is getting protected and getting paid. He needs to lay low, and they need to deal with this,” Molly Qerim added. “And when, and if, his name is cleared, then he can return.”

“But when I am saying twenty-four total claims against him. You can’t have this man on the football field right now. Address it. He can continue to get paid, and he can return when he clears his name.”

Molly Qerim spoke up on the opportunity for the NFL to show that they have the desire to protect women. With nearly half of the NFL’s viewership coming from women, women support the NFL and it’s about time the NFL reciprocates the same.

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