re: Winston suspended entire game now

Even if FSU loses tomorrow it doesn't do much. They won't lose another game all year and the talking heads will use Winston not playing as an excuse.

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-Current Title IX investigation into Florida State for their handling of last year's incident

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Past Title IX penalties levied, via Wikipedia...

"In addition to its use within formal complaints submitted to the Department of Education, Title IX has been utilized in civil litigation. In 2006, a federal court found that there was sufficient evidence that the University of Colorado acted with "deliberate indifference" toward students Lisa Simpson and Anne Gilmore, who were sexually assaulted by student football players. The university settled the case, promising to change its policies and pay $2.5 million in damages."

$2.5M settlement 8 years ago? Put that in today's dollars, and how much do you think FSU will end up paying when this investigation is over? Don't be surprised if it tops $5M.

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Combination of things:

-The non charges against him back in December
-Stealing of crab legs
-Current Title IX investigation into Florida State for their handling of last year's incident
-Current focus on violence against women (specifically spousal abuse)

For Winston to then jump on the "frick HER RIGHT IN THE PUSSY!!" bandwagon now causes the University to have all the wrong kinds of publicity. It's damage control, pure and simple.

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Don't forget the long NYT article that basically hinted at the university and TPD trying to cover up a rape of a student to protect the Program.

In a media feeding frenzy FSU had a lot of blood in the water and is rather clueless about it.