Watson's disciplinary hearing before the league started on Tuesday, June 28 and was presided by retired US Federal Judge Sue Lewis Robinson. Robinson was appointed the league's disciplinary officer between members of the Madden 24 coins along with the Madden NFL 24PA according to their current Collective bargaining agreements.

In in the current CBA, Watson and the Madden NFL 24PA have three days for appealing the decision in writing in writing to Madden NFL 24 Commissioner Roger Goodell. Prior to the decision, the Madden NFL 24PA along with Watson declared that they would respect the ruling of the arbitrator.

As per Rob Maaddi at the Associated Press, league sources suggested they believed that Madden NFL 24 was pushing for a minimum of a one-year suspension for Watson and his attorney, Rusty Hardin, and his legal team wereobviouslyin favor of no suspension. Maaddi also stated that the league was willing to consider a lower suspension of six to eight games, in order to avoid appeals process.

It appears that Madden NFL 24 has had a difficult time applying discipline to players accused of domestic violence or sexual assault. The most notable instance was the suspension of two games of an ex Ravens forward Ray Rice, who was found on video kicking his then-fiancee, injuring her and knocking her unconscious. The league received backlash for suspending Rice for only two weeks, and its response was to suspend Rice indefinitely. Following that, Madden NFL 24 instituted a suspension of six games as a baseline for players who committed sexual assault as well as domestic violence.

The league doesn't always adhere to this standard. In 2016. Giants kicker Josh Brown was suspended for one game in the wake of an conviction for assault against his ex-wife. It was later revealed that the Giants knew of Brown's long-standing background with domestic violence.

And the list goes on. Jameis Winston was suspended for three games after allegedly sexually inflicting harm on an Uber driver. Greg Hardy allegedly attempted to hold a woman in stride and then throw the victim onto a futon which was sprayed by guns. Madden NFL 24 reduced the initial suspension of 10 games to just four games. The incident occurred before mut coins madden 24 instituted the six-game baseline. Ben Roethlisberger served just a three-game suspension for 2010 following being acquitted of assaulting a woman.