NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has chosen former New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey to hear the appeal of the six-game suspension for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson.
The NFL is seeking a tougher penalty under the league's personal conduct policy in the wake of disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson's ruling Monday. Under the collective bargaining agreement, Goodell had the option to consider the appeal himself or to appoint a designee.
The NFL is appealing for an indefinite suspension that would be a minimum of one year (as it had previously sought), a source told ESPN's Jake Trotter, as well as a monetary fine (which Watson was not levied by Robinson) and treatment that the star quarterback must undergo.