Jameis Winston Doesn't Deserve This

It has been a while since I have posted on this blog. I have been crazy busy and I have not had anything I have really wanted to write a great deal about. The one exception has been my Florida State Seminoles and this awesome football team. However, I did not want to write anything and brag too much about how they are doing until the job was finished. That being said I have to talk about the current situation dominating sports news. It is a shame that I have to talk about it, but it is what it is.

Now, when I first saw the headlines, I have to say that I was shocked and horrified. I was horrified that anyone can do a bad deed. I am horrified that anyone can lay there hands on a woman. After I read the article I was still horrified, but for a different reason. I continued to do research on the matter before opening up my mouth because I wanted to confirm what I was reading. It was easy to come up with my conclusion that "this is complete and utter crap."

How can ESPN be so irresponsible? I expect this nonsense from TMZ, but not ESPN? This whole story about what Jameis Winston might have done is an absolute disgrace to the journalism profession, and to people in general.

Before I get into it I do want to thank Stephen A. Smith for being the one person in the media I have heard be honest about this situation. I agree with most of what he said and have copied it here.

Let's go over the facts here. The case is from December 2012 and is nearly a year old. It was closed in February and all of a sudden reopens and Jameis is blamed by a GOSSIP organization. He was never implicated of anything, was never named in a police report, and the police never questioned him. Not to mention that the alleged attacker was described as being between 5'9 and 5'11 in height and having a thick build. Jameis Winston is 6'4 and 235 and not a thick build. The assailant also reportedly had straight hair. Does Jameis Winson have straight hair?

All of the facts seem to point that this is a load of malarkey. The police don't seem to think he had anything to do with the crime. Judging by the description in the police report there is no reason to think Winston is involved with this crime at all. Is it possible that the victim described the height wrong? Absolutely, anything is possible. However, as a 6'2 man myself I have never been mistaken to be under 6 feet tall. Jameis Winston is 2 inches taller than me. Do we really think that a man as tall as the FSU QB can be mistaken as 5'10? Do we really think that Jameis Winston's hair can be considered straight under any circumstance? There are several other points to make about this story that seem to point towards Winston being 100% innocent and this story being ridiculous.

ESPN went so far yesterday to post an article with the headline "Winston not talking to police."
Of course he isn't talking to police. He has never been implicated of a crime by anyone besides you and TMZ. If the police weren't trying to talk to him, why would he talk to the police? Is he going to say, "excuse me officer do you have a minute so I can talk to you about some crap I'm not accused of that TMZ associated me with?" Is this where we are with this story? Do we really want to trash this man that badly? There is nothing tying this man to this crime. It is an absolute joke the stories being run.

Jameis Winston is the Heisman frontrunner and FSU is #2. It seems logical that someone brought up this old case and tried to throw Winston into it in order to derail that. It seems logical that somebody might be threatened by FSU. It seems rather fishy that a case closed in February is suddenly reopened just as many are considering FSU the title favorite. The timing is odd and this story stinks. I have my theories, but unlike those who reported this story I will not go around accusing random people.

Jameis Winston is the anti-Manziel, seems to be a good guy, and we love him at FSU. We all have his back. Whoever started this rumor must feel really good about themselves, but as always the truth will prevail. I am extremely confident that this was made up. I am not trying to make light of the situation or the victim. However, this type of accusation with no proof and nothing to go on should not happen in America. Innocent until proven guilty. Jameis is innocent unless proven otherwise. Lay off our quarterback. Now we know you are afraid. This guy is going nowhere. FSU is going to keep dominating that scoreboard. Light 'em up Jameis.

-Noland