Last night on ESPN's Draft Academy, Winston talks to Jim Harbaugh in preparation for the NFL Combine. In the below clip, Winston talks about his off the field issues. When the crab legs are brought up, he says someone gave them to him.
Jameis Winston Says Stolen Crab Legs Were Given to Him
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Even if true, it's an NCAA violation and, as someone on another site said, the crab legs didn't belong to the employees to give away, since Publix is a publicly-owned company. So, no matter how you slice it, it's still theft and receiving stolen property...
Wait? What? You mean I can't give away something that belongs to someone else? Man, now I have to rethink my entire moral construct.
Seriously though, everyone running to Winston's defense have talked about what "a bright young man" he is. Does he not realize how utterly stupid he sounded making that comment? Talk about completely self absorbed....
This guy is a NFL dumpster fire waiting to happen.
A while ago, someone on this board said a great truth about Winston: "If he was any dumber, they'd have to water him."
It's just amazing to me that adults, such as the coaches in that video can sit there and have a serious conversation with such an imbecile.
@McMurphyESPN Jimbo Fisher on Winston saying he got free crab legs hook up at Publix: “If he says it is (true), I guess it is."
@GaryParrishCBS I love that FSU compliance looked into Jameis’ situation and concluded nothing was going on even though video caught something going on.
Doesn't this align somewhat with what he allegedly was doing at grocery stores? The story was he'd go up and say that the manager (or something like that) said he could have it and he'd walk out with something. Of course this guy even stole soda at a fast food place, he has a habit of taking things that he has no right to.
Now, either that's a very weird bribe or it's just the excuse he always used when he stole food.
Now, either that's a very weird bribe or it's just the excuse he always used when he stole food.
I agree with what you are saying. Just wanted to point out that to my knowledge Publix is a private company. Publix common stock is not publicly traded on a stock exchange. However, it was wrong to do regardless..
I agree it`s amazing, but the only thing that matters now and the only thing that mattered then at FSU is what that kid can do with an oblate, leather spheroid. Period. Forget it. Time to move on.
Sad.
He's got a point. I mean, why would someone accused of theft not tell the truth? I mean, where's the logic in that?
It's not like he can call him out for being a liar. The people that question his integrity for siding with this guy will have their suspicions confirmed if he throws himself under the bus and says he's a liar and always has been.
"Publix is the largest employee-owned retail grocery chain in the United States. Publix is owned by more than 112,000 stockholders and more than 122,000 participants of its Employee Stock Ownership Plan. During designated offering periods, Publix's common stock is made available for sale to eligible active employees and non-employee members of its Board of Directors. Publix's common stock is not publicly traded on a stock exchange and, therefore, does not have a "ticker" symbol. The market price of Publix's common stock is determined by its Board of Directors each quarter."
http://www.publixstockholder.com/servlet/ProxyServlet?path=/stockholder/Services.do
http://www.publixstockholder.com/servlet/ProxyServlet?path=/stockholder/Services.do
UPS was similarly traded privately prior to going public. Look for Publix to follow that course in the future.
Smashes former US IPO record
UPS, trading under the symbol (UPS), is selling a 10 percent stake in itself with the offering of 109.4 million shares, meaning the offering raised $5.47 billion. The underwriters, including most of the major investment banks on Wall Street, have an allotment of another 10.94 million shares that could push the IPO above $6 billion.
The previous record of a U.S. IPO was the $4.4 billion raised in October 1998 when DuPont started is divestiture of Conoco Inc. with a sale of a 30 percent stake in the oil company.
It plans to use the proceeds of the sale to repurchase shares from the 126,000 existing shareholders, which include 66,000 active hourly employees, another 40,000 active managers, 17,000 retirees or estates of former employees and 3,000 heirs of the company's founders. The hourly employees have been able to purchase shares only since 1995 and hold the smallest stake in the company. There are more than 330,000 employees worldwide.
Remains in control of management
Foundations and trusts of the founders hold about a third of the 1.09 billion shares, and top management of the company is firmly in control of the stock. In fact, since the original shares have 10 times the voting rights of shares offered to the public Wednesday, the top managers influence more votes than all the public buyers of the stock through their own holdings and their positions on various boards and foundations.
http://money.cnn.com/1999/11/10/companies/ups/
Smashes former US IPO record
UPS, trading under the symbol (UPS), is selling a 10 percent stake in itself with the offering of 109.4 million shares, meaning the offering raised $5.47 billion. The underwriters, including most of the major investment banks on Wall Street, have an allotment of another 10.94 million shares that could push the IPO above $6 billion.
The previous record of a U.S. IPO was the $4.4 billion raised in October 1998 when DuPont started is divestiture of Conoco Inc. with a sale of a 30 percent stake in the oil company.
It plans to use the proceeds of the sale to repurchase shares from the 126,000 existing shareholders, which include 66,000 active hourly employees, another 40,000 active managers, 17,000 retirees or estates of former employees and 3,000 heirs of the company's founders. The hourly employees have been able to purchase shares only since 1995 and hold the smallest stake in the company. There are more than 330,000 employees worldwide.
Remains in control of management
Foundations and trusts of the founders hold about a third of the 1.09 billion shares, and top management of the company is firmly in control of the stock. In fact, since the original shares have 10 times the voting rights of shares offered to the public Wednesday, the top managers influence more votes than all the public buyers of the stock through their own holdings and their positions on various boards and foundations.
http://money.cnn.com/1999/11/10/companies/ups/
That's because he thinks he is above the law, and he will continue this kind of behavior because he thinks nothing can happen to him.
If this is true....or even if he told this to the FSU officials, if they didn't report it to the NCAA then they are involved in a cover-up.
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