Winston Code of Conduct hearing - UPDATE - cleared of ALL charges

[Alagator]

Didn't remember the alcohol part.

Yeah, pretty sure that was in the N.Y. Times article. It was like 2:00 AM and the guy who had his car totaled was on his way home from his job after the closing shift at the Olive Garden. Poor guy gets demolished like he was a 140 lb HS freshman WR coming over the middle in front of Matt Elam. Meanwhile 2 or more f$u football players leap out of the car and run for it. They came back half and hour later like.....


The kid stated one of them came up to him and apologized and started saying, "...we just have so much to lose...blah, blah" before one of their friends on the scene told him to shut up and stop talking. Meanwhile, Tally cops just issue the criminole a ticket (and NOT even a "LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT" TICKET) and send him on his way. The article I read said their research could find nowhere else where the perpetrator had been treated with such leniency. In fact, there was a case where a guy dinged a car in a friggin' parking lot, went home, called the police and reported himself and got a harsher penalty than the athlete who totaled a car at 2:00 AM and then jumped out of the car and ran for his life.

 

[MidwestChomp]

 

[WDCGator]

Case closed. Time to move on. Maybe, just maybe, he is innocent.

 

[oxrageous]

Case closed. Time to move on. Maybe, just maybe, he is innocent.

:rolleyes:

Embarrassing.

 

[WDCGator]

:rolleyes:

Embarrassing.

You and I do not know what truly transpired that night. What I DO know is that this case has been vetted by THREE different entities which have all come to the same conclusion. I will defer to them and accept it for what it is. This case has been beaten like a dead horse. It's now time to move on. I'm sure the folks at Warchant will be more than happy to discuss this matter on their board.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Case closed. Time to move on. Maybe, just maybe, he is innocent.

Nope. The Clown court will just pizz off the victim. I dont blame her. Id file that billion dollar suit against them all tomorrow and get to a real court.

Id like to say we missed you WDC but we know it isnt true.

 

[Bullag8r]

The bigger story all along is the incestuous love triangle between Tallahassee / Leon County law enforcement, the State's Attorney's Office and the FSU administration (top to bottom). I doubt the NY Times is done with these clowns.

 

[GatorStud]

MOVIN' ON...

 

[oxrageous]

You and I do not know what truly transpired that night. What I DO know is that this case has been vetted by THREE different entities which have all come to the same conclusion. I will defer to them and accept it for what it is. This case has been beaten like a dead horse. It's now time to move on. I'm sure the folks at Warchant will be more than happy to discuss this matter on their board.

We all know why you want to "move on". Same 'ol, same 'ol.

 

[Swamp Queen]

Case closed. Time to move on. Maybe, just maybe, he is innocent.

Or maybe the investigation was so f*cked up from day 1 that it became impossible for any justice to be served.

 

[NavetG8r]

Or maybe the investigation was so f*cked up from day 1 that it became impossible for any justice to be served.

Yep, looks like the Tally PD did their jobs very well. That is, their job of covering up any wrong doings of highly valued football players.

 

[LadyGator74]

Or maybe the investigation was so f*cked up from day 1 that it became impossible for any justice to be served.

This x 1000. I am so sick and tired of reading and hearing from misguided FSU homers that we all should "just move on" as if the facts surrounding the so-called "investigation," botched and butchered as it was, has resulted in Winston being proven innocent. All that has happened to date is that a student code of conduct hearing was held where Winston stood mute along with his two cohorts. Based upon his attorney's statement of the facts of the incident relayed to him by Winston--but refusing to be questioned on them-- the judge could not state with any surety what actually happened and thus FSU is handed precisely what they wanted and what the whole world expected to happen: Winston gets to continue playing football. This is NOT about race, but it is most assuredly about prejudice, bias and the failure of state agencies to do their jobs by applying the law expeditiously and without favoritism.

 

[oxrageous]

I personally don't think a University should allow a student-athlete on scholarship to play if they refuse to cooperate with a criminal investigation. The student has a right not to answer questions, and the University has a right to pull a scholarship.

 

[WDCGator]

We all know why you want to "move on". Same 'ol, same 'ol.

I see you're still beating that drum. You gotta let go of that hate, man. It will consume you. I buried the hatchet a long time ago and suggest that you do the same. No need to let old rivalries carry over to this new board. What's in the past is in the past. I've come here to discuss football and such matters, not to bicker over silliness.

 

[WDCGator]

Or maybe the investigation was so f*cked up from day 1 that it became impossible for any justice to be served.

And this is a very likely scenario, as well. Who knows what really happened. I'm just sick of hearing about the dude and the Noles.

 

[LagoonGator68]

I personally don't think a University should allow a student-athlete on scholarship to play if they refuse to cooperate with a criminal investigation. The student has a right not to answer questions, and the University has a right to pull a scholarship.

Even the simplest most straightforward oral statement is easily manipulated by lawyers and the press. There is a good reason for the 5th Amendment.

 

[oxrageous]

Even the simplest most straightforward oral statement is easily manipulated by lawyers and the press. There is a good reason for the 5th Amendment.

Sure there is. But that has nothing to do with his scholarship.

 

[oxrageous]

I see you're still beating that drum.

No, you mean YOU are still beating that drum when you came to his defense, for reasons we're all very aware of.

 

[WDCGator]

No, you mean YOU are still beating that drum when you came to his defense, for reasons we're all very aware of.

Not going to argue with you, Ox. Like I said earlier, my arguing and bickering days on the GSMB are over. Not going to let that spill over here. Wish you would do the same, but that's on you. With that said, you've done a good job with this place -- well done. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Even the simplest most straightforward oral statement is easily manipulated by lawyers and the press. There is a good reason for the 5th Amendment.

The Fifth Amendment has zero applicability.

I heard the faculty are livid. This could get very interesting.