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buckeyesin07
Veni. Vidi. Vici.
Holy fuck...
If true...
Eh, I'll believe Jameis will be suspended when I see it. As I recall, Johnny Football had some pretty damning evidence stacked against him as well, and it amounted to all of a half game suspension. And Cam Newton?
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Buckeye86
I do not choose to discuss it
I find it weird and incredibly antiquated that people still care about signed memorabilia.
Back in the day, a signed item was proof you met an athlete in person and it is tied to a specific memory for someone. I can see why someone would care about that a little bit.
What exactly is the point of purchasing something on eBay that has no connection to the player themselves and no specific memory or sentimental value for the buyer?
I just don't get it.
Does anyone remember how Ohio State used to line up all the players at tables for autographs after (or sometime around) the Spring Game? Do you remember how absolutely pissed off some people got when they eliminated that?
Seems like a brilliant move in retrospect.
On top of everything else, the older I get, the creepier it is to idolize these incredibly flawed (even the "good" ones, no one isn't flawed at that age) teenagers. I'm even falling off a bit on staying entirely up to date on recruiting.
The whole thing is just strange.
Finally, isn't this exactly what Manziel got busted for? So we are looking at a first half suspension and some money sign flashes in the second half?
Not a joke, I hope Jameis starts flashing make money signs if he continues seeing the field this year. He and Manziel are the poster children for corrupt college athletics and also for a broken NCAA.
Back in the day, a signed item was proof you met an athlete in person and it is tied to a specific memory for someone. I can see why someone would care about that a little bit.
What exactly is the point of purchasing something on eBay that has no connection to the player themselves and no specific memory or sentimental value for the buyer?
I just don't get it.
Does anyone remember how Ohio State used to line up all the players at tables for autographs after (or sometime around) the Spring Game? Do you remember how absolutely pissed off some people got when they eliminated that?
Seems like a brilliant move in retrospect.
On top of everything else, the older I get, the creepier it is to idolize these incredibly flawed (even the "good" ones, no one isn't flawed at that age) teenagers. I'm even falling off a bit on staying entirely up to date on recruiting.
The whole thing is just strange.
Finally, isn't this exactly what Manziel got busted for? So we are looking at a first half suspension and some money sign flashes in the second half?
Not a joke, I hope Jameis starts flashing make money signs if he continues seeing the field this year. He and Manziel are the poster children for corrupt college athletics and also for a broken NCAA.
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With my scarlet-tinted glasses I believe Troy was a minor offense, he paid his punishment**, and I truly believe he "reformed" and has led an admirable life since. Even if he's demonstrative of Heisman winners not doing much in the NFL. His ceremony was phenomenal too - I even managed to like Frosty Tips that night.
All that said, I'm overtly biased. If somebody were to make a slippery slope argument from his minor and punished infraction, to Cam Newton and Manziel's unpunished antics, to Winston getting away with... god only knows what, there's more every day ... I can't really counter that.
What stinks about the autograph thing to me, and I'd note the general reaction to Gurley was "that's a shame, shady dealer double-crossed him" is how FSU Athletic Department outright covers. There's no need for Jimbo to say anything. Instead he shows how defiant they are with that bollocks. Before either this investigation or the University conduct hearing have even happened, he's declared Winston will play every game. He's supremely confident that all of these things will amount to a kangaroo court.
**It cost the team too - imagine if we didn't have that QB controversy beginning of 2005. His selfish mistake potentially cost a NCG appearance.
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tsteele316
Mr. Such and Such
Don't forget causing $4000 worth of damage in a BBC gun fight, in which FSU had to send in their version of Dalton from roadhouse to keep the property owner from pressing charges.
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LightningRod
Legend
Ex-Supreme Court judge to be picked
One of three former Florida Supreme Court justices will serve as an independent hearing official in Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston's upcoming hearing to determine whether he violated the school's conduct code during an alleged sexual assault in December 2012.
The former Florida Supreme Court justice who is picked to hear the case will consider the evidence, determine whether Winston committed as many as four violations of FSU's student code and, if necessary, determine what his punishment should be.
Winston and the former FSU student who accused him of sexually assaulting her can each strike one of the former justices from hearing the case. If they choose to strike the same former judge, FSU would decide which of the remaining two would hear the case. Winston and the former student will not have any interaction with the judges before they decide which one to strike.
According to people familiar with the case, the three former Florida Supreme Court judges under consideration are:
• Major Harding, 79, a state Supreme Court justice from 1991 to 2000 who preceded Charles T. Wells as the court's chief justice. A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Harding is a graduate of Wake Forest and Virginia's law school.
• Joseph Hatchett, a native of Clearwater, Florida, became the first African-American appointed to the Florida Supreme Court, by Gov. Reubin Askew in 1975. Hatchett, 82, was the first black man appointed to a federal appeals court in the Deep South, by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.
• Wells, a Florida Supreme Court justice from 1994 to 2009. A graduate of the University of Florida and the UF Law School, Wells was the court's chief justice from 2000 to 2002. Wells, 75, presided over the 2000 U.S. presidential election recount cases involving the hanging chads on Florida's ballots.
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One of three former Florida Supreme Court justices will serve as an independent hearing official in Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston's upcoming hearing to determine whether he violated the school's conduct code during an alleged sexual assault in December 2012.
The former Florida Supreme Court justice who is picked to hear the case will consider the evidence, determine whether Winston committed as many as four violations of FSU's student code and, if necessary, determine what his punishment should be.
Winston and the former FSU student who accused him of sexually assaulting her can each strike one of the former justices from hearing the case. If they choose to strike the same former judge, FSU would decide which of the remaining two would hear the case. Winston and the former student will not have any interaction with the judges before they decide which one to strike.
According to people familiar with the case, the three former Florida Supreme Court judges under consideration are:
• Major Harding, 79, a state Supreme Court justice from 1991 to 2000 who preceded Charles T. Wells as the court's chief justice. A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Harding is a graduate of Wake Forest and Virginia's law school.
• Joseph Hatchett, a native of Clearwater, Florida, became the first African-American appointed to the Florida Supreme Court, by Gov. Reubin Askew in 1975. Hatchett, 82, was the first black man appointed to a federal appeals court in the Deep South, by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.
• Wells, a Florida Supreme Court justice from 1994 to 2009. A graduate of the University of Florida and the UF Law School, Wells was the court's chief justice from 2000 to 2002. Wells, 75, presided over the 2000 U.S. presidential election recount cases involving the hanging chads on Florida's ballots.
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cincibuck
You kids stay off my lawn!
I've posted this before - on other threads - but one of the major differences between the Big Ten and the PAC and the SEC, ACC and XII, is that the Big Ten and PAC were created by the university presidents and always included academics as an equal component (which is not to say that has always been the case). By contrast, the SEC, XII, and ACC were created by the ADs and coaches and it is only in the last few years that the SEC has added an academic component to the conference structure.
Here's a quote from the Sunday NY Times that I believe demonstrates this crucial cultural difference:
"The revenue also flows to important people at the university, mostly through the conduit of Seminole Boosters, a tax-exempt organization that collects millions from donors in the community, along with game concessions, sky-box rentals and merchandising. Money from the Boosters has helped pay the salaries of high-ranking athletic officials and the university president, whose performance goals included enhancing “the partnership” between the Boosters and the athletic department."
You might want to read the whole article as it is quite an eye opener into how things are run in 'Nole Country."
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/u...sts-shadow-over-tallahassee-justice.html?_r=1
Here's a quote from the Sunday NY Times that I believe demonstrates this crucial cultural difference:
"The revenue also flows to important people at the university, mostly through the conduit of Seminole Boosters, a tax-exempt organization that collects millions from donors in the community, along with game concessions, sky-box rentals and merchandising. Money from the Boosters has helped pay the salaries of high-ranking athletic officials and the university president, whose performance goals included enhancing “the partnership” between the Boosters and the athletic department."
You might want to read the whole article as it is quite an eye opener into how things are run in 'Nole Country."
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/u...sts-shadow-over-tallahassee-justice.html?_r=1
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