I'll be honest, ESPN was running down the list of "offenses" committed by Winston over the years, and I was thinking to myself "Self, you used to do that same shit." Other than the alleged sexual assault, in which it doesn't appear any charges would be filed, the rest were all things like this, or shooting bb's at a window or other stupid shit. One was "stealing soda from a fast food restaurant." WTF is that? Did he pay for the cup and go up and try and steal a refill or something from a self serve machine? The other was shoplifting crab legs from a restaurant. Again, WTF? This is the kind of shit most college kids do, but don't end up on primetime because we aren't Heisman candidates. Usually, I have no sympathy for these guys, but as they were scrolling through this list like Winston was the next anti-Christ., I couldn't help but laugh a little. Like I said, aside from that sexual assault allegation that I don't think anyone has much information about and may not have happened, the kid is just doing stupid shit that 20 year old kids in college tend to do, except he seems to be running up against folks like that fast food manager that want to make a name for themselves.
Yeah, it'd be nice if Winston could keep his name out of the papers, and yeah, it's pretty dumb to stand on a table in the student union and do what he did, but who knows. Maybe it was a bet, or a dare, and I'm willing to admit that I've done some pretty stupid shit like that on a bet or a dare, and if he was exonerated of any wrongdoing in the alleged sexual assault, I'm willing to let this other shit slide if the kid comes across as intelligent enough to realize his mistakes.