Jameis Winston: Store employee 'hooked us up' with crab legs

[joeybee12]

Former Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston, who is projected to be the first overall selection in the NFL draft, said during an appearance on ESPN's Draft Academy that he never stole crab legs last year and that they instead were given to him by a grocery store employee.

The former Heisman Trophy winner was issued a civil citation for shoplifting on April 29, 2014, after he walked out of a Tallahassee, Florida, supermarket without paying for $32 worth of crab legs and crawfish.

"How I'm supposed to handle, like, if I just got them for free? I just say, 'I just messed up?'" Winston asked Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh during ESPN's Draft Academy, which aired Tuesday night but was taped before the NFL scouting combine in February.

When asked by Harbaugh to elaborate on the incident, Winston said it wasn't the first time he had gotten free food from an individual working at that store.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/draft2015/story/_/id/12739843/jameis-winston-florida-state-seminoles-says-crab-legs-were-given-not-stolen

I don't know what he's more full of...himself or sh*t.

[BillZBubb]

1. Store employees give people free food all the time!

Everyone knows that. It's perfectly legit. How could anyone think otherwise. So, Jameis wasn't stealing! Leave Jameis alone!!!!

And the girl Jameis raped asked him to. So there. He's the perfect #1 overall pick for the NFL.

[joeybee12]

2. Some clerk in a store says, Here have these...

And says you don't have to pay and you think some clerk has that authority? Yeah, right, hooking up is another term for stealing in this d-bag's vocabulary.

[GeorgeGist]

3. Talented but stupid.

[KamaAina]

4. Stolen crawfish?

I doubt he'll fall as far down as the Saints, but...

[erpowers]

5. Violation?

Would getting free crab legs from a store employee be a violation of NCAA rules? I thought people like Jameis Winston were not allowed to accept free stuff, except from NCAA sponsors during the bowl games. I realize that he has already left Florida State, but I thought by accepting gifts he could be ruled ineligible to play and then Florida State would be striped of wins during his time on the team.

[Goblinmonger]

15. Exactly.

Which is why the University would rather the kid have a shoplifting hit than "he gave them to me" which opens up all kinds of NCAA violations which impact the school.

[hughee99]

6. Not trying to defend Winston, but it's not exactly unheard of for local celebrities to get a little

bit of free shit here and there from local businesses. That doesn't really mean they weren't "stolen" (unless it was approved by the store owner) but it's also not the same as stuffing it under your sweatshirt and walking out of the store.

[joeybee12]

7. His first excuse was he was buying the crab legs, but simply

forgot to pay...I think he thought this new lie might go over better...except some people remember the old lies.

[hughee99]

8. At least that's more likely to keep him on the field than "I got free shit".

Strangely, the NCAA seems more accepting of petty criminals than they do of someone who took a small gift. Now he doesn't give a shit what the NCAA thinks and has to worry about what NFL teams think.

[joeybee12]

9. That is the strange thing...

He stole something, one game suspension from baseball, but if someone gave him something of the same value, they'd shut down the school's program.

[hughee99]

11. They're fine with athletes being petty criminals, but they want to make sure no one else

is making money off them.

[Iggo]

10. Jameis Winston's a fucking genius.

[Scurrilous]

12. *cough* *bullshit* *cough* *cough*

Jameis Winston's Publix Story Is Garbage

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"But what stands out the most is that Winston’s supposed arrangement doesn’t make sense if you’ve shopped at Publix. I grew up in Florida, and I love shopping there. Everyone knows you pick up your order at the seafood counter, they slap on a price tag, and you pay at the cashier. Perhaps a cashier could give you an illegal freebie—but a seafood counterperson? And the “any time you come in here I got you” boast sounds like the kind of cross-departmental power only a manager would have ... but the Publix brass in this situation told investigators they wanted to pursue the case. And even if Winston thought he had a freebie, didn’t he notice the huge price tag on his package?"

http://deadspin.com/jameis-winstons-publix-story-is-garbage-1699527559?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

[joeybee12]

13. What amazes me is he's so effing arrogant he thinks people believe him...

And some will, of course.

Sooner he bombs out as a pro the better.

[Scurrilous]

14. Amen.

May his bomb out coincide with Tebow getting the boot again...

[rocktivity]

16. Meanwhile, Aaron Hernandez begins a prison term for murder --

and still stands accused of two others. Before being drafted, and being old enough to drink, he punched someone hard enough to damage an eardrum. I guess some pro sports leagues have to learn EVERYTHING the hard way.


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[joeybee12]

17. Where did you hear those details?

Rural Meyer covered up that sh*t nicely so there were "rumors" about such things...I guess the Pats don't get credit for cutting him and I bet you think the Ravens are great for promoting their murderous thug to captain.

[rocktivity]

18. Tim Tebow was a witness!

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/07/02/aaron-hernandez-tim-tebow-barfight/2483559/

Hernandez, a 17-year-old freshman at the time who had not even played a down for the Gators, got into an argument over an unpaid tab for two drinks...

An overview:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1685469-complete-timeline-of-the-rise-fall-of-aaron-hernandez

And a bonus:

TMZ: Odin Lloyd's mother is moving forward with a wrongful death lawsuit against Aaron Hernandez AND the New England Patriots...(S)he originally filed back in 2013...

Ward also names the New England Patriots as "reach and apply defendants" -- meaning that if she wins ... she wants to be able to collect her judgment from the Pats...Ward claims that Hernandez has a right to collect $3.25 million of a signing bonus that she claims was due back in March 2014...

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