In March 2022, the Cleveland Browns signed quarterback DeShaun Watson to a fully guaranteed five-year, $230 million contract. A few days later, the NFL encouraged teams to not continue the trend of fully guaranteeing contracts in the future. It’s a clear case of collusion among the NFL’s 32 owner groups, but neither side wanted to see it come to light, and the arbitrator ruled it was a big nothingburger, so it’s remained buried.
On Tuesday, Pablo Torres of Pablo Torres Finds Out and Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk released information saying that the NFL colluded but the arbitrator essentially said it was okay.
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