Really you don't get what Watson and his lawyer gain from blaming Miami for the settlement/NDA? This is lawyer 101 in controlling the narrative.
First Watson/Lawyer have claimed Watson did nothing wrong and he wouldn't settle. If you settle in a lawsuit the public opinion comes into play. If you settle without an NDA Watson and the girls can claim whatever really. Watson will use the I did nothing wrong but It was worth it from a financial point to just move on. If you settle with a NDA that side almost always looks like they wanted to hide stuff from the public. Watson's lawyer is using Miami as the scapegoat. They get to still run with the narrative that well my client did nothing wrong, but he wanted to play in Miami really bad and Miami made us include a NDA. It is lawyer deflection 101, it is never my clients fault it is always someone else and in this case it was Miami's fault.