Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston is being accused of point-shaving in the Florida State game against Louisville this year to help a high-school friend win money. TMZ reports that the quarterback is said to have purposefully tanked during the Seminoles’ first half against Louisville on Oct. 30. Florida State was losing 21-7 at the half, but the team came back to win. Winston was previously accused of raping a fellow student and stealing crab legs. He was recently suspended for half a game for chanting “fuck her right in the pussy” in public on campus.
(UD thanks Dave.)
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Oh. And if you’re wondering why this university just keeps on keeping on with Jameis Winston, here’s a quick rundown of the business interests and community involvements of the school’s board of trustees, starting with Allan Bense and moving alphabetically.
Golf Courses
Being an FSU Fan
Golf Courses
Seminole Boosters Club, FSU Athletic Board, Captain of the FSU Football Team Back In The Day
FSU Booster Club
Florida Sports Foundation
Seminole Boosters Club
Seminole Boosters Club
Orange Bowl Committee
Stumbled across one of the few female trustees here. No sports involvement listed.
Two final guys list no sports involvement.
So according to UD‘s count, that leaves three trustees out of twelve who might – I say might – have some vestigial sense of what a university is. But one of the three is a woman so forget her. That leaves two, one of whom is a professor at FSU, so forget him.
I’m afraid that leaves you, Brent W. Sembler.
November 8th, 2014 at 10:26AM
Really tragic. FSU, which started out as a women’s college (not a land grant ag school), was in the ’60s-’70s regarded as a rising academic institution, more serious than the University of Florida. Then …. This is an actual case of a university damaging its reputation through football.
November 11th, 2014 at 1:39AM
Mr. Punch, to add, during the ’60’s-’70’s, FSU football was god awful, one of the worst programs in the nation. Then came Bobby Bowden, and his brood of football addled sons, and FSU became successful beyond all reason. Goes to show that selling your soul to the football demon comes at a very steep price…..
July 14th, 2015 at 8:45AM
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