Calvin Ridley a WR with the Atlanta Falcons was suspended for all of last year for gambling on football, supposedly he wagered $1500 total, yet the NFL encourages gambling allowing owners to take financial interests in companies like Draftkings and Fanduel..
The popularity of the NFL has a team located in Las Vegas, a large portion of their appeal is based on gambling, the league is totally hypocritical when it comes to passing out punishment.
But has Watson had a trial? If the accusations are credible enough he should be held in jail, given a speedy trial, then be punished or let free. This holding a person's life in limbo without a trial should not be supported by freedom loving Americans.
I hate it when colleges do it to Christian and conservative students over false accusations without a trial. And I hate it when institutions like the NFL does it to a player without a trial. Even if the accusations turn out to be true, when a major entity like the NFL (major in the lives of the players) acts like this before a trail it does nothing but encourage future people to cry wolf hoping for settlements. It then bleeds out into other institutions (even non football related or non-sports related institutions will have more false accusations slung at people who might give a payoff to settle to have their lives restored).