HOUSTON – Texas quarterback Deshaun Watson on Monday asked supporters planning a rally on his behalf to cancel the event “for the sake of public safety”.
“Although I am humble, I ask that everyone who arranges the march should cancel for the sake of public safety,” Watson said in a tweet. “Covid is spreading at a high rate and I do not want fans to expose themselves to infections unnecessarily.”
I hear a march is being planned in Houston on my behalf today. Although I am humble, I ask that everyone who arranges the march should cancel for the sake of public safety. Covid spreads at a high rate and I do not want fans to expose themselves to infections unnecessarily.
– Deshaun Watson (@deshaunwatson) 18 January 2021
The protest is apparently related to Watson’s unhappiness with the team after the process of appointing general manager Nick Caserio.
The event was hosted Saturday night by a Texans fan who tweeted, “I’m off Monday, and want to protest in front of NRG. If we get enough people to do these things, changes can happen.”
The rally, which was first marketed as a protest but later turned into a ‘rally’, was scheduled for Monday at 11am local time. The plan was for Texans fans to eat at Lefty’s, the cheesesteak franchise of which Watson is a minority owner, and then walk half a mile to the NRG Stadium for a ‘peaceful protest’.