The Florida State Seminoles released a statement on the latest misstep by Jameis Winston. However, they had the date on the statement wrong.
On Friday afternoon, the Florida State Seminoles released a statement on the latest Jameis Winston scandal.
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The university claims that there is no proof that Winston accepted cash for the more than 2,000 authenticated autographs that have surfaced online by James Spence Authentication.
Florida State’s statement read:
"“Our Athletics Department compliance staff is reviewing issues raised by the media related to autographed items attributed to Jameis Winston. At this time, we have no information indicating that he accepted payment for items reported to bear his signature, thereby compromising his athletics eligibility. The fact that items appear on an Internet site bearing the signature of a student-athlete does not singularly determine a violation of NCAA rules.“We have kept both the conference office and the NCAA apprised of our efforts on this matter. The University takes very seriously any and all allegations of potential rules violations and processes them in accordance with ACC and NCAA policies and procedures.”"
There is one problem, however.
The statement from the university had the wrong date. Instead of carrying the Oct. 17 date, the statement was stamped for Sept. 17.
As you would expect, this has led to Florida State critics and conspiracy theorists who believe the university helped to cover up a previous rape allegation more ammunition that the school has been protecting Winston and that this was a canned response.
For others, who seem to be thinking more rationally, this was just a typo.
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