Wow. Booster clubs cannot help an athlete with legitimate expenses like clothing, food, etc. They can, however, pay for misdeeds (possibly criminal). National Coalition Against Athletes strikes again. What a joke!
Winston is and has been a thug and rapist. How about him taking it out of his signing bonus with the Buccaneers? He did the deed and is the criminal. Should be in jail now instead of being a quarterback in the NFL.
I’m confused – since when does settling a lawsuit out of court mean someone is guilty? Don’t people and companies settle outside of court all the time, even when they’re innocent?
If a suit is filed against a carrier for bad faith seeking $10M and the carrier figures it’ll cost $1M to defend the suit, and they settle out of court for $250,000 – does this mean the carrier admitted to the bad faith claim or did they just make a financial business decision to settle and not admit fault?
Also, this wasn’t a case about if Winston did or did not rape this woman. The suit only argued that the school failed to do a proper investigation into her claim.
Settling out of court doesn’t mean innocent either. High profile cases sometimes do settle out of court so the guilty don’t have to pay out as much as if they were legitimately found GUILTY
I totally agree with you Vic – settling out of court does not automatically mean someone is either innocent or guilty.
That’s why I questioned Agent’s comment about Winston being a “rapist” and that Winston “did the deed and is a criminal.” How could he come to that conclusion when the case was settled out of court?
February 1, 2016 at 10:09 am
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Winston’s accuser was suing FSU under Title IX, for failing to adequately investigate her rape charges
This settlement had nothing to do with Winston’s innocence or guilt. It was simply a suit filed against the school for failing to adequately investigate her claims.
If we hypothetically argue she made up these rape charges – which means Winston is innocent – she could still sue the college for not adequately investigating her (made up) claim and the school could still settle out of court.
Wow. Booster clubs cannot help an athlete with legitimate expenses like clothing, food, etc. They can, however, pay for misdeeds (possibly criminal). National Coalition Against Athletes strikes again. What a joke!
Winston is and has been a thug and rapist. How about him taking it out of his signing bonus with the Buccaneers? He did the deed and is the criminal. Should be in jail now instead of being a quarterback in the NFL.
I’m confused – since when does settling a lawsuit out of court mean someone is guilty? Don’t people and companies settle outside of court all the time, even when they’re innocent?
If a suit is filed against a carrier for bad faith seeking $10M and the carrier figures it’ll cost $1M to defend the suit, and they settle out of court for $250,000 – does this mean the carrier admitted to the bad faith claim or did they just make a financial business decision to settle and not admit fault?
Also, this wasn’t a case about if Winston did or did not rape this woman. The suit only argued that the school failed to do a proper investigation into her claim.
Settling out of court doesn’t mean innocent either. High profile cases sometimes do settle out of court so the guilty don’t have to pay out as much as if they were legitimately found GUILTY
I totally agree with you Vic – settling out of court does not automatically mean someone is either innocent or guilty.
That’s why I questioned Agent’s comment about Winston being a “rapist” and that Winston “did the deed and is a criminal.” How could he come to that conclusion when the case was settled out of court?
Winston’s accuser was suing FSU under Title IX, for failing to adequately investigate her rape charges
This settlement had nothing to do with Winston’s innocence or guilt. It was simply a suit filed against the school for failing to adequately investigate her claims.
If we hypothetically argue she made up these rape charges – which means Winston is innocent – she could still sue the college for not adequately investigating her (made up) claim and the school could still settle out of court.
Just curious Agent, what information are you going on which supports your belief that Winston “did the deed”, as you say?