More: Report: Jimbo Fisher bans FSU players from bars Posted by Kevin McGuire on July 11, 2015, 4:51 PM EDT Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher said he would make it a point to demand better from his players away from the football field. It looks as though banning his players from going out to bars is one of those steps. Jim Henry of The Tallahassee Democrat reports, via Twitter, Fisher met with his Seminoles program earlier on Saturday. During the meeting, Fisher issued a program-wide ban from bars for his players after two players — quarterback DeAndre Johnson and running back Dalvin Cook — were linked to separate assault incidents at nearby bars. Hey, it’s one way to try to change something. It may not be entirely effective, but it is most certainly an effort on the part of Fisher, who “We spend a good deal of time educating our student-athletes about appropriate behavior and their responsibilities as representatives of Florida State,” Fisher said in a public statement Friday. “The majority of our players are exemplary, but clearly we must place an even stronger emphasis on this, and I personally promise we will.” Fisher’s statement was accompanied by another release form the university president, promising action to change whatever the university can to ensure the football program is not an embarrassment in the headlines. “I have asked Coach Fisher and Athletics Director Stan Wilcox to develop a plan to help our student-athletes understand the consequences of these kinds of actions,” Florida State University president John Thrasher said in his own release Friday. “This will include Coach Fisher meeting immediately with his team to reiterate, in no uncertain terms, our expectations of them.” Fisher upheld his end of the bargain and, if true, took some action in attempting to prevent his players from getting into trouble at a bar. Now the responsibility falls back on the individuals it really always belonged to in the first place; the players. Administrators can lecture all they want and seek guidance form as many resources as possible. Coaches can make all the rules they want for their players. Just as it has always been, it is now up to the players to hold up their end of the deal and represent Florida State in a positive way, rather than a negative fashion.
Another Florida State player faces charges for allegedly punching woman Prosecutors seek arrest of FSU football player Dalvin Cook for allegedly punching woman in the face, the same week De’Andre Johnson was charged with battery Friday 10 July 2015 16.43 EDT Last modified on Friday 10 July 2015 17.45 EDT Prosecutors were on Friday seeking the arrest of Florida State University football player Dalvin Cook for allegedly punching a woman in the face. The running back was the second player on the team to face assault charges this week. FSU dismisses De'Andre Johnson after video shows him punching woman Cook, a sophomore, allegedly punched a 21-year-old woman in the face several times outside a Florida bar on 23 June, the night before FSU quarterback De’Andre Johnson was caught on camera punching a woman inside a different bar. Cook, 19, faces charges of misdemeanor battery, state attorney Willie Meggs told ESPN. Johnson, 19, was charged with battery earlier this week. He was dismissed from the football team hours after Meggs released video of his altercation. Regarding Cook, a statement emailed to the Guardian on Friday said: “Florida State Athletics announced today the indefinite suspension of sophomore Dalvin Cook from the football team following a misdemeanor battery charge.” No further comment was offered. The Tallahassee woman who has accused Cook showed authorities photos of her injuries and described the assault as the consequence of an argument over a phone number. When she refused to give one of Cook’s friends her number outside the Clyde’s & Costello’s bar, she said, Cook grew angry and punched her several times. The woman spoke to ESPN on condition of anonymity. “They kept telling me they were football players,” she said. “They kept telling me to Google them. They told me they were football players and they could buy me in two years.” A police report acquired by the Tallahassee Democrat noted that officers arrived at the scene shortly before 2.30am on 23 June. The redacted report said the victim suffered abrasions and bruises and was intoxicated. Two witnesses saw the incident, according to the report, which does not name a suspect. The woman said she later identified Cook from a lineup. A spokesperson for FSU said the university had no comment at this time. Meggs was not immediately available. Last June, police questioned Cook and at least dozen other football players over a series of shootouts involving gas-charged pellet and BB guns that damaged cars and apartments around Tallahassee and threatened bystanders, provoking a response that included police cruisers and a helicopter. A month later, Cook was investigated in an assault case at the athlete’s apartment. Cook was a major contributor to FSU’s 2014 season, with more than 1,000 yards rushing and eight touchdowns. Florida State had the second most athletes named in criminal allegations between 2009 and 2014, according to an investigation by ESPN that found college athletes avoided prosecution some 66% of the time. Of 10 schools with major football and basketball programs, only the University of Florida had more. Johnson has pleaded not guilty and his attorney told NBC’s Today show that while his client was “owning this”, he had been provoked into striking the woman in the bar after “racial epithets” and a knee “in the groin area”. In 2013, star FSU quarterback Jameis Winston was accused of sexual assault. He was eventually cleared in 2014, and filed a counter-claim against his accuser in 2015. The police investigation into the charges was itself surrounded by claims of mismanagement and deference to the status of FSU and its athletes. Winston was separately suspended from a football game for shouting about a sex act on campus and suspended from the baseball team for shoplifting crabs legs from a supermarket. He is now signed to an NFL franchise, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Report: 20 FSU athletes accused of crimes against women since 2009 Teddy Mitrosilis FOX Sports JUL 10, 2015 6:30p ET Steve Mitchell / USA TODAY Sports Jameis Winston (left) and Dalvin Cook were both accused of crimes against a woman while at Florida State. Florida State star running back Dalvin Cook was suspended indefinitely on Friday amid allegations that he punched a woman in the face multiple times during a dispute outside a Tallahassee bar. The state attorney's office said it will charge Cook with misdemeanor battery. This comes after FSU quarterback De'Andre Johnson was dismissed from the team four days earlier for also allegedly punching a woman in the face. Johnson was suspended indefinitely after being charged with misdemeanor battery and then booted from the program once video of the incident surfaced and FSU coach Jimbo Fisher had an opportunity to view it. According to a report, Cook is the 20th Florida State athlete since 2009 to be accused of a crime against a woman. Twenty. In June, Outside the Lines ran a report with data from 2009 to 2014 looking into criminal allegations involving football and men's basketball players at 10 different schools. Among the schools studied -- Florida State, Florida, Auburn, Michigan State, Missouri, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Texas A&M and Wisconsin -- FSU had the most cases of sexual assault, harassment or violence against women at 18 at the time of the report. Missouri had the second-most allegations of crimes against women at 12, with eight of those spread among three players.
Here is a case of the athletic department telling these kids they can't go to bars. In other words, controlling their actions above and beyond the classroom and football field. Are these players being treated as regular students now?
Definitely bullshit on the athletic department's part to punish everyone for the actions of two. I'd be pissed. Slave daze is ova. Maybe they should focus on signing kids they don't have to hold hostage.
Won't work. When Donna Shalala became president of the U she hired Al Golden to clean up the program. Golden ran off all the thugs and recruited good citizens. Those good citizens lost so many games that Golden was soon fired. If Jumbo thinks he can recruit players who are OK with being told when and where they can go he will be looking for a new job before you can say Fuck her right in the pussy.
Good stuff right there. As to FSU, they're making the Boys at Bama - pre-Saban- look like choir boys.
The NCAA ruined this, use to have Athletic Dorms, no more. This is why teams stay at a motel/hotel before game day, just to keep an eye on the kids.
All the LSU players live in the West Campus Apartments. They are on campus but a hell of A lot nicer than Broussard Hall.
