Jameis Winston: "An Embarrassment"

[J.Cage]

Regardless of how common his alleged behavior is on college campuses "lots of guys do it" is not a defense for rape allegations and it is disturbing you highlight that as one

I dont need any defense for a rape allegation, mostly because its an allegation. Prove something or drink water and change your socks.

[Fidel Cashflow]

haha

[UpstatePanther]

Everyone did something that someone would consider unacceptable in college....except for people on this board who had a pristine matriculation through college with only Young Conservative Choir rehearsal and bible study occasionally taking them away from their regular studies. 

 

youre still missing my point, despite your backhanded insult. 

 

what i am asking is whether we should condone unacceptable/immoral behavior just because everyone does it? 

 

if im being honest, yes i have done things in college that i shouldnt have been doing. and pretty much everyone around me did to, often to greater extents than i did. does that make those things any less wrong to do? no. its still wrong. if had been caught, should i have been punished? yep. 

 

you act like we should just excuse what Jameis Winston did simply because he was acting like what you define as a normal college student. thats what i take issue with. if Jameis proves that he is beyond his past and has stopped abusing women and acting like an entitled prick, then by all means i wish him success in the league, team allegiances aside. but so long as he treats women like objects to collect and play with, and acts like everyone owes him something, i literally hope he fails and washes out of the league.  

[gettlemanjack]

I agree there needs to be more black QBs in the NFL, but the people rallying around Winston as a hero for getting more black QBs would be like if there needed to be more white QBs in the NFL so people rallied around Manziel as a hero for getting more white QBs

both of those two have been huge embarrassments and rallying around either is a horrible idea for your cause until either can show they can grow up big time, and i hope both of them do

[mcdougal]

Just cant let the guy enjoy his new professional career and clean slate for 5 minutes. Gonna hear how immature he is and past bad judgements till he does something controversial again. Typical procedure...where have we seen this before??

 

Exactly. One would think if there was one fanbase that would get this by now it would be the Huddle...

 

And Bowden comments were basically taken out of context in an interview via the biggest moron of them all, Paul Finebaum...

 

You know, the same Finebaum that was demanding Winston be suspended permanently because Winston was taking money for autographs...

 

Only to find out that the whole autograph nonsense was completely made up by his network, ESPN... 

[tiger7_88]

Thou shalt not judge...

This is silly. OF COURSE people judge. And you'd be a damn fool not to.

Your kid says he has a ride to the football game with another kid who has been convicted of 2 DUIs (and just got his license back) and has been previously charged with drug possession (not convicted). You comfortable with your kid riding with this recently government-reapproved driver? Or are you "judge" this kid and drive your daughter yourself?

You need a baby sitter and two nice ladies in your neighborhood offer their services. You've heard a RUMOR that one of these ladies had been charged (not convicted) with child abuse in the past. Which one are you going to choose to sit your child?

Gonna have to make a JUDGEMENT aren't you?

Judgement in every day life is NORMAL.