Much has been made about the reaction to Deshaun Watson’s six-game suspension handed down by former federal judge Sue L. Robinson, and Dan Dakich said the reactions are divided along racial lines on Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich, his show for Outkick.com, Tuesday.
“White journalists are talking about how horrible only a six-game suspension is,” Dakich said. “African-Americans are talking about ‘wait a second, he’s was proven guilty’. This is somebody (Robinson) that actually had all the facts in front of them.”
Dakich had high praise for a story on ESPN.com from Dan Graziano that detailed some of the inner workings of the case, including how — fundamentally — the NFL “won” their case against Watson. Graziano also pointed out the purpose of an independent arbiter isn’t to find a judgment that pleases both sides, but rather to pick which side is correct.
“It is fascinating and it is amazing to me how people just lost their minds so quickly on something that they knew nothing about,” Dakich said. “And I applaud Dan Graziano for writing the article today because, frankly, he laid it out.”
The former college basketball coach then conceded he didn’t have the evidence that Robinson had to make a decision, and that’s why he couldn’t pass much judgment on whether the suspension was appropriate or not, but pointed out others in the sports media landscape don’t have the evidence either.
“Neither is some media guy that’s writing about how awful, or gross, or ridiculous or whatever it is,” Dakich said. “(The media) doesn’t have it. You know what (the media) is trying to do? See which way the wind blows.”
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