Mr. Scot

Our friend Ellis chimes in... Not gonna post all of it, but Ellis has a pretty good discussion going through several tweets on the topic. I highly recommend going to his page and checking it out.

Not really. It's still possible. It's just not something that's ever happened before as far as I know.

Understood, but what he's quoting is my question of whether a large group of women has ever come together to perpetrate a fraud against someone. Pretty sure all of the cases against Trump were filed individually.

Sooo...are you saying all the accusations against Trump were made up?

So they made an insane offer, the Seahawks turned them down, but they're still hoping to come up with a trade they'll accept? Yikes!

I would say if I'm the agent for a young NFL player (or any sports league honestly) and I suspect my client has set up private massage sessions, I'd tell them stop that sh-t right now. And if they haven't, tell them to not even think about it.

Number of lawsuits is now apparently seven, no update on the number of accusers. On top of what's already been alleged, the latest suits include charges that Watson exposed himself, kissed women against their will, touched women with his penis and tried to force them to touch him there as well.

As far as actual news, the number of lawsuits filed is somewhere from five to seven now (I've seen different reports). Far as I know, the number of women involved hasn't changed. It's still nine.

There are absolutely examples of women making up allegations to either blackmail or just flat out hurt someone. Are there examples of multiple women from different cities joining together to do something like that? Kinda doubt it. Again though, neither of those things really means much. These cases have to be judged on their individual merits.

Yeah...that's not obvious at all. There was a post (I think in this thread) from a guy talking about what it takes to become a licensed massage therapist. It was pretty good information.

Can't speak for Rum but I don't think it's so much about the social media aspect of it as it is the situations he's putting himself in. Some high profile men won't even allow themselves to be alone with a woman in a closed room, much less fly a woman from Atlanta to Houston to meet in a hotel. For that matter, if you're wanting a massage, why not go to a Massage Envy or something like that rather than meeting people alone in situations like this where rumors are possible? Pandemic considerations? Okay, but that doesn't prevent you from having other people around so that you can establish what happened and what didn't. According to the complaints, Watson asked to clarify that the masseuses would be alone. Again, none of this absolutely says that he's guilty of the accusations. But Rum is right. Better judgment could have kept him out of this situation.

He's speculating... For the moment it's still nine, but yes more coming forward is a possibility.

Diana Russini says the Bears tried to get him to take what she called "a VERY significant pay cut" and he refused. Doesn't sound like he'd have much interest in signing a team friendly deal.

This is encouraging This? Not so much

Pretty sure we'd either have to restructure or cut somebody to pay what he would likely cost. Gantt did say we're not done looking at corners, for what that's worth.

Add Mayo...

That would make sense. He didn't have a lot of accrued seasons under his belt.

Re-signed Kyle Allen too. (didn't actually know he was a free agent)

Nine different women having false memories at once would be a pretty big stretch.

Yeah, probably.

Saw him listed at 6'0, 215. Not huge, but don't know that I'd call him "small".

I'm not calling him a liar because I don't know whether he's guilty or not. But the reality is that he might be. He might also be innocent, but either way, having nine or more accusers is a difficult thing to get past.

In the other direction, Tyler Larsen signs with Washington.

The fact that this used to be Richardson's team is a big reason why we shouldn't. It being investigated under the NFL's personal conduct policy is another big reason. The personal conduct policy doesn't require proof, only that the accusations be believable. Trading for him with what's hanging over his head now would be crazy, and not a good kind of crazy.

Nine accusers does look pretty bad. If it goes even higher than that, God help him.