Jameis Winston of the Florida State Seminoles, one of the most well-known and embattled athletes in college football, now has his trial date set for potential violations of the school’s code of conduct.
To say that Florida State was leisurely might still make it seem too fast. It took a good amount of time, not to mention some pressure from the Department of Education, for Florida State to hold a trial to determine if Jameis Winston violated the school’s code of conduct with his rape allegations last year.
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With the law enforcement handling of the situation already a controversial thing of the past, the school announced last month that it was going to look into potential violations of the student conduct code.
Winston was notified at the time, and now a date for that school conduct trial is set.
Per Brendon Sonnone of the Orlando Sentinel:
BREAKING: FSU's code of conduct hearing involving Jameis Winston will be the week of Nov. 17.
— Orlando Sentinel-FSU (@osfsu) November 4, 2014
That’s probably a little sooner than some people were expecting. One supposes that the findings of that trial could impact his season, but considering we’ve made it this far, it just doesn’t feel likely. Then again, Florida State might have left itself little choice but to show some action in this matter due to the investigation launched against them last month by the Department of Education regarding possible violations of the accuser’s Title IX rights.
That investigation includes allegations that the school prevented law enforcement from fully investigating the matter. On the one hand, a punishment for Jameis Winston for violating the school’s code of conduct might pale in comparison to what would have come from law enforcement. But on the other hand, the school could be feeling some pressure to take action, one assumes.
What is not clear is how this could affect Winston’s status with the football team moving forward, if at all. More to come as the code of conduct trial date approaches.
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