Thursday, May 1, 2014

Jameis Winston's crab legs really isn't that funny if you think about it for two seconds

Sorry for stealing this whoever made it, please don't sue.
I might just be upset I wasn't one of the those lucky people who, within 1 minute of the news breaking, got to fire off some of those awesome puns on Twitter. I tweeted as much.  I initally thought it was pretty funny, I mean this is a dude making national news for stealing $32 of crab legs, like I said those must've been the most discussed arthropodic appendages ever discussed by man.

Since yesterday there's been several scenarios put forward as to how Winston walked out of a Publix without paying. One is that his girlfriend was in town and like any gentleman he went out to treat her to some awesome crab legs from Publix. I mean that sounds pretty fucking sweet in my opinion. Anyway, he went in ordered the food, left to go to a Hobbit Hoagies for wings (seriously what the fuck is with the names, South?) came back into the store with the car still running in the rain and was mobbed by fans for autographs while on the way to the butter. Again, being the gentlemen he is, he obliged the fans while walking out with the legs and all while not paying. Apparently he was even talking to a police officer while leaving the store, not trying to hide anything. Once Winston got home he realized he forgot the fucking butter and didn't pay for the food but didn't feel like going back out. I mean it was raining, who'd want to go out in that shit? Some claim Winston didn't realize he would be mobbed like that. Seriously? He's the fucking Heisman Trophy winner. Winston would either have to be incredibly stupid or naive to believe that for even a second.

Here's where I think we need to take a step back and realize it's really not that funny... Well as an isolated incident it is a little funny but when taken into context with everything else Jameis Winston has or hasn't done it shows a pattern of fuckery.

Obviously the first thing that comes to mind is last years rape scandal where Winston was eventually free of all charges but then again so was OJ. Since then there have been rampant accusations that the investigation was mishandled in every way. Oh, and let's not forget the time when he stole soda from a god damn Burger King.

The point is this is a guy who clearly doesn't get it and Florida State is enabling him at every step. Because of his most recent theft he was kicked off the baseball team... The baseball team. I'm sure that will really drive the message home. This is the second Heisman Trophy winner in a row who has acted in a completely irresponsible and reckless way, the Trophy which was already sort of becoming a joke is now one hilarious punchline away from becoming a full on joke.

As usual people, particularly FSU fans (just like A&M fans last year) are pulling out the, "But he's only 20 years old") card. I'm sick of that. When you win a Heisman Trophy and are a National Title winner you are going to be held to a different standard than every other 20 year old. That's part of the price you pay. And that's something you've got to be able to deal with. There have been many, many Heisman winners and I don't recall there being nearly as many problems with them as are there have been in the last 5 years or so. This is in large part to social media, but again, that's a reason why hear about it not an excuse for doing it in the first place. It's incumbent for the adults around them to keep them in out of trouble so by that I give them some slack but ultimately these are men we are talking about.

Winston's image looks like shit and I don't blame anyone but him for making it like that.

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