Meyer shouldn’t hesitate in booting Chris Rainey off Gators
Florida is among programs pointed in wrong direction off the field, and Urban Meyer needs to kick Chris Rainey out.
(UPDATED: 4 p.m.)
Florida coach Urban Meyer said Wednesday that Chris Rainey is “not with the team,” and when asked to disclose the minimum number of games the wide receiver would miss, he responded: “I can’t do that because I don’t know.”
Question: Does Meyer need to check the Gators’ schedule first to see how long he thinks they can do without one of their starting receivers? Because it seems to me when a football program is accumulating arrests and one player admits to police that he sent a text message to his [ex-]girlfriend with an assumed death threat, reading, “Time to Die Bitch,” the case is fairly cut and dried.
Rainey should be gone.
This is the problem when you put coaches in charge of discipline for matters slightly more serious than being late to practice. They can’t look at one of their players in handcuffs and make an objective decision when a voice in their heads say, “But we have to go to LSU Saturday.”
Rainey, the Gators’ junior slot receiver, has been charged with aggravated stalking, a third-degree felony. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Rainey is “at least the 30th player to face charges or be arrested during coach Urban Meyer’s tenure,” which began in 2005.
This is not the typical driving or underage drinking violation that has become norm in college towns. The Gainesville police report doesn’t paint a pretty picture of Rainey. (Note: Def. stands for defendant, as in Rainey, and Vic. stands for victim, whose name is not disclosed.)
Quoting:
“At 23:10 hours [Monday night], the Def. showed up at the Vic’s residence and continued calling and texting the Vic. The Def. texted back, “I will not open the door.” The Def. replied, “I’m here and I will bust out the window.” The Vic. texted back, “I’m calling the cops.” At approximately 23:20 hours, the Vic went outside to talk to the Def. After approximately 10 minutes, the Def. became irate and the Vic. told the Def. to leave. The Vic. went back inside her residence. At approximately 23:47 hours, the Def. texted the Vic, “Don’t go a sleep,” and the Vic. went outside to make sure the Def. was gone. The Def. was gone and at approximately 00:22 hours, the Def. texted the Vic, “Time to Die Bitch u and ur??” At this point, the Vic, fearing for her life and the life of her family called [police].”
When Rainey was told by the women that she was phoning the police, he reportedly responded, “Wait and see what happens when they leave.”
On the weekly SEC coaches conference call with media members Wednesday, Meyer said of the Rainey matter: “It’s just further evaluation as we go. As for immediacy, he’s not with the team.”
We have taken some shots in this corner for the number of arrests in the Georgia football program. But Florida is right up there. Meyer once bragged that he would recruit “only the top one percent of the one percent.” But gives the 30 arrests, you have to wonder about his grading methods. The reputation of the Gators’ program has been significantly dented.
Meyer’s hesitancy to discipline players also was in evidence last season when he initially balked at disciplining Brandon Spikes for a significant eye-gouging incident against Bulldogs running back Washaun Ealey in a pileup in last year’s game. Meyer ultimately suspended Spikes for only the first half of the Vanderbilt game, but after mounting criticism of the coach and SEC commissioner Mike Slive (who had stood by and done nothing) Spikes decided to suspend himself for the entire game (logic dictates he had a little help in that decision).
The Rainey case is no minor incident. The woman now says she doesn’t want to press charges, but that shouldn’t even be a factor.
What is Meyer’s policy for a player texting a death threat: One-game suspension and extra laps in practice?
Or does it take an actual physical assault to get kicked off the team?
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JustAfan
September 15th, 2010
2:00 pm
What AJ green did is against NCAA rules…..twice, same thing! If you break the rules you should be punished! This was shortly after he partied it up down south! I believe he should be suspended much much longer than he is
GatorGuy
September 15th, 2010
2:00 pm
JustAfan – I recommend you spend some of your money on some grammar classes!
G
September 15th, 2010
2:00 pm
Slim, I wouldn’t be bragging just yet. The gators have looked like crap against two pitiful teams!!
Clark County Correctional Institute
September 15th, 2010
2:00 pm
funny, all the righteous comments about discipline coming from the Fulmer Cup Champions.
Bill
September 15th, 2010
2:02 pm
Question,who is the current holder of the Fulmer Cup?That’s right UGA with 22 arrests in one offseason.Nice job Jeff.You and Bradley keep playing to you fan bases.
G
September 15th, 2010
2:02 pm
What happened to the player at Tech that kicked his girlfriends butt a few months ago? I don’t think he ever missed a game!!
the ref
September 15th, 2010
2:02 pm
UGABugKiller- you must wake up in a cold sweat every night thinking about how the Gators own your team.
You’re pathetic.
Delbert D.
September 15th, 2010
2:03 pm
chazzo, et al – It is assault, unless he physically made contact with the woman.
Dawglasville
September 15th, 2010
2:04 pm
Mettenberger touched a woman in a private area against her will. That can not be tolerated. Period.
82Dawg
September 15th, 2010
2:04 pm
JustAfan…The car was parked.Please spell the players name correctly it really makes you look like a Stupid gator fan instead of just a dumb gator fan.
UGABugKiller
September 15th, 2010
2:04 pm
JANORIS JENKINS
Charge: Misdemeanor affray and resisting arrest without violence for his role in a May 30, 2009 fight outside a downtown Gainesville night club.
Outcome: The State Attorney’s Office is currently investigating.
Team punishment: To be determined.
MARQUIS HANNAH
Charge: Felony burglary of an occupied dwelling unarmed and misdemeanor battery in late April 2009 for allegedly forcing his way into a Gainesville apartment and punching a man in the face.
Outcome: Case was dismissed due to lack of evidence, according to lawyer Huntley Johnson.
Team punishment: To be determined.
CARL JOHNSON
Charge: Misdemeanor violation of a sexual restraining order in February 2009 after getting on the same campus bus as an ex-girlfriend. The woman previously filed a petition claiming Johnson date-raped her on three occasions.
Outcome: All charges were dropped due to a lack of evidence.
Team punishment: Johnson never missed any time. Coach Urban Meyer said Johnson would remain on the team as long as the investigation checked out.
RILEY COOPER
Charge: Misdemeanor resisting an officer and failure comply with a police or fire department in February 2009. Campus police cited Cooper for not getting out of the way of a moving car upon police’s orders, according to Johnson.
Outcome: The case was dismissed.
Team punishment: Cooper played baseball during the spring, and it’s unknown whether Meyer sought out punishment.
CAM NEWTON
Charge: Felony counts of burglary, larceny and obstruction of justice in November after allegedly stealing a laptop from a UF student and throwing it out his dormitory window upon police suspicion.
Outcome: Newton received pre-trial deferment – common for a first-time offender – and is serving community service and probation time. The charges will disappear assuming he completes his obligations.
Team punishment: Meyer suspended Newton for the rest of the 2008 season. Newton transferred to Blinn (Texas) Junior College.
JACQUES RICKERSON
Charge #1: Misdemeanor possession of marijuana in February 2007.
Outcome: Charges were dropped without legal ramifications.
Charge #2: Felony domestic violence by strangulation and felony obstruction of justice after a November 2008 altercation with a girlfriend.
Outcome: Charges were reduced to misdemeanor status, then the Alachua County courts gave him two years probation without proceeding with the charges.
Team punishments: Rickerson was suspended for the 2007 season opener for the marijuana charge, then kicked off the team the morning of the domestic violence incident.
TORREY DAVIS
Charge: Misdemeanor knowingly driving with a suspended license on numerous occasions, including once in July 2008 and another in March 2009 – two weeks after he left the team – that placed him in jail.
Outcome: The July case was closed.
Team punishment: Davis was always in Meyer’s doghouse and hardly allowed to practice or play with the team for various academic and disciplinary reasons, so it’s safe to say Meyer suspended Davis for his crimes.
JAMAR HORNSBY
Charge #1: Cited for misdemeanor property damage and criminal mischief in April 2007 for allegedly throwing a man onto the hood of a car during a fight.
Outcome: Hornsby received deferred prosecution and the charge was later dismissed.
Charge #2: Unauthorized use of a credit card to obtain goods and services, a felony, along with misdemeanor larceny of a credit card for allegedly making more than 70 fradulent charges on the gas credit card of a female UF student who died seven months earlier.
Outcome: Charges were reduced to misdemeanors and Hornsby took a plea deal – probation and community service.
Team punishments: No punishment for first offense, kicked off the team for second offense. Hornsby served a previous five-game suspension, but it wasn’t for the first misdemeanor – it was for selling his complimentary tickets.
JERMAINE CUNNINGHAM
Charge: Misdemeanor battery in December 2007 for an altercation with a clerk at Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwich Shop in Gainesville. Cunningham allegedly threw paper cups at the clerk.
Outcome: Charges were dropped.
Team punishment: Cunningham played in Florida’s next game, the Capital One Bowl, but Meyer said he imposed physical punishment on Cunningham, who also couldn’t accept bowl-game gifts.
TONY JOINER
Charge: Felony theft in October 2007 for breaking into a car impound and retrieving his girlfriend’s car, which had been towed.
Outcome: Charges were dropped.
Team punishment: Joiner never missed game time, but Meyer stripped him of his captaincy.
RONNIE WILSON
Charge #1: Aggravated assault, battery and use of display of a concealed weapon during commission of a felony in April 2007 for shooting a semiautomatic rifle after a dispute with another man.
Outcome: Wilson pleaded no contest to battery and discharging a firearm. The felony charge was reduced to a misdemeanor and later dropped. Wilson was placed on two year’s probation and given 100 hours of community service.
Charge #2: Misdemeanor possession of marijuana in January 2008.
Outcome: The charge was dropped despite serving probation for his original arrest.
Charge #3: One count of battery and one count of assault for an altercation at an apartment complex in October.
Outcome: Nothing has been ruled on the case, according to court records.
Team punishments: Wilson was suspended for the entire 2007 season stemming from the gun charge, including a full-year suspension from University of Florida academics. Wilson rejoined the team in 2008 but was suspended and eventually kicked off after the third charge.
DUSTIN DOE
Charge: Misdemeanor affray and resisting arrest for his role in an April 2007 fight.
Outcome: Charges were dropped.
Team punishment: No suspension for Doe.
DORIAN MUNROE
Charge: Felony theft in May 2007 when he removed a University Police boot from his car and put it in
his trunk.
Outcome: Charges were dropped.
Team punishment: No suspension for Munroe.
JOHN CURTIS
Charge: Misdemeanor violation of probation in May 2007 after failing to serve five hours of community service stemming from an alcohol citation.
Outcome: Curtis complied with the violation, served probation and the case was dismissed.
Team punishment: Curtis was in Meyer’s doghouse, but he was also injured, so it was difficult to tell why he was out.
BRANDON JAMES
Charge: Purchasing marijuana — a felony — along with misdemeanor possession of marijuana in June 2007.
Outcome: The felony charge was dropped due to a minuscule amount (8 grams); James served probation and community service stemming from the misdemeanor charge.
Team punishment: Suspended for one game, the 2007 opener against Western Kentucky.
AVERY ATKINS
Charge: Misdemeanor domestic battery in July 2006 after an altercation in Daytona Beach with the mother of his child. The initial investigation took place in June 2006 with Atkins facing accusations of felony false imprisonment along with the battery charge.
Outcome: Atkins received pre-trial intervention and both cases were eventually dropped.
Team punishment: Meyer immediately suspended Atkins, who then transferred to Bethune-Cookman, found legal trouble there and died in July 2007 from a drug overdose.
LOUIS MURPHY
Charge: Misdemeanor possession of marijuana in May 2006.
Outcome: Charges were dropped, and Murphy had to perform 12.5 hours of community service.
Team punishment: Murphy was suspended for three games during the 2006 season.
JON DEMPS
Charge: Misdemeanor driving with a suspended license in September 2006.
Outcome: Charges were dropped and Demps received six months probation.
Team punishment: Meyer kicked Demps off the team after the 2006 season reportedly for a marijuana-related incident. Demps worked out with the Gators later that summer but never played for UF again.
DAWAYNE GRACE
Charge #1: Misdemeanor charges of battery and theft in July 2005 stemming from a sworn complaint.
Outcome: Charges were dropped because victim did not wish to prosecute.
Charge #2: Misdemeanor violation of a city ordinance and disorderly conduct in October 2005 for his involvement in a fight. Eyewitnesses told police that Grace threw a punch.
Outcome: Grace completed a deferred prosecution program including 7.5 hours of community service.
Team punishment: Meyer suspended Grace indefinitely after the October arrest. Grace later transferred to Georgia Southern.
Rainey on your parade
September 15th, 2010
2:05 pm
Rainey = douchebag. I think instead of suspending him – make him play every snap the rest of the year – at fullback. Watch him get blown up every play…… then suspend him.
GatorGuy
September 15th, 2010
2:05 pm
JustAfan – AJ wasn’t in Miami and anybody who follows sports knows that. Please do some research before cvommenting on here.
the ref
September 15th, 2010
2:06 pm
Jeff-
Are you guys at the sports desk told to get some on-line comments going by posting Spurrier or Gator articles?
It really gets those rednecks’ keyboards hot.
Congrats-Works every time!
chazzo
September 15th, 2010
2:06 pm
AT ANY INSTITUTION: Anyone paying tuition deserves to feel safe in that environment, deserves to feel they have access to all the campus has to offer, and deserves to feel free to express themselves as they see fit as long as it is within the law.
IN ANY COMMUNITY: Anyone living in that community deserves the same as above, substitute community for institution.
IN ANY PLACE OF BUSINESS: Everyone deserves to feel safe and free within there work place.
THAT IS THAT. We cannot have students, athletes or not, running around making people feel unsafe especially within the microcosm of the campus where people are shelling out big bucks to get an education. But, as long as your funding is based on football performance, and coaches jobs are based on Ws and Ls, this is what we get, and it’s going to wind up costing institutions large sums of money via law suits and lower enrollment.
82Dawg
September 15th, 2010
2:07 pm
Is school out today somewhere???? With some of the comments on here it sure seems like it.
the ref
September 15th, 2010
2:07 pm
GO TECH!!!!!!!!!!!
UGABugKiller
September 15th, 2010
2:07 pm
JANORIS JENKINS
Charge: Misdemeanor affray and resisting arrest without violence for his role in a May 30, 2009 fight outside a downtown Gainesville night club.
Outcome: The State Attorney’s Office is currently investigating.
Team punishment: To be determined.
MARQUIS HANNAH
Charge: Felony burglary of an occupied dwelling unarmed and misdemeanor battery in late April 2009 for allegedly forcing his way into a Gainesville apartment and punching a man in the face.
Outcome: Case was dismissed due to lack of evidence, according to lawyer Huntley Johnson.
Team punishment: To be determined.
CARL JOHNSON
Charge: Misdemeanor violation of a sexual restraining order in February 2009 after getting on the same campus bus as an ex-girlfriend. The woman previously filed a petition claiming Johnson date-raped her on three occasions.
Outcome: All charges were dropped due to a lack of evidence.
Team punishment: Johnson never missed any time. Coach Urban Meyer said Johnson would remain on the team as long as the investigation checked out.
RILEY COOPER
Charge: Misdemeanor resisting an officer and failure comply with a police or fire department in February 2009. Campus police cited Cooper for not getting out of the way of a moving car upon police’s orders, according to Johnson.
Outcome: The case was dismissed.
Team punishment: Cooper played baseball during the spring, and it’s unknown whether Meyer sought out punishment.
CAM NEWTON
Charge: Felony counts of burglary, larceny and obstruction of justice in November after allegedly stealing a laptop from a UF student and throwing it out his dormitory window upon police suspicion.
Outcome: Newton received pre-trial deferment – common for a first-time offender – and is serving community service and probation time. The charges will disappear assuming he completes his obligations.
Team punishment: Meyer suspended Newton for the rest of the 2008 season. Newton transferred to Blinn (Texas) Junior College.
JACQUES RICKERSON
Charge #1: Misdemeanor possession of marijuana in February 2007.
Outcome: Charges were dropped without legal ramifications.
Charge #2: Felony domestic violence by strangulation and felony obstruction of justice after a November 2008 altercation with a girlfriend.
Outcome: Charges were reduced to misdemeanor status, then the Alachua County courts gave him two years probation without proceeding with the charges.
Team punishments: Rickerson was suspended for the 2007 season opener for the marijuana charge, then kicked off the team the morning of the domestic violence incident.
TORREY DAVIS
Charge: Misdemeanor knowingly driving with a suspended license on numerous occasions, including once in July 2008 and another in March 2009 – two weeks after he left the team – that placed him in jail.
Outcome: The July case was closed.
Team punishment: Davis was always in Meyer’s doghouse and hardly allowed to practice or play with the team for various academic and disciplinary reasons, so it’s safe to say Meyer suspended Davis for his crimes.
JAMAR HORNSBY
Charge #1: Cited for misdemeanor property damage and criminal mischief in April 2007 for allegedly throwing a man onto the hood of a car during a fight.
Outcome: Hornsby received deferred prosecution and the charge was later dismissed.
Charge #2: Unauthorized use of a credit card to obtain goods and services, a felony, along with misdemeanor larceny of a credit card for allegedly making more than 70 fradulent charges on the gas credit card of a female UF student who died seven months earlier.
Outcome: Charges were reduced to misdemeanors and Hornsby took a plea deal – probation and community service.
Team punishments: No punishment for first offense, kicked off the team for second offense. Hornsby served a previous five-game suspension, but it wasn’t for the first misdemeanor – it was for selling his complimentary tickets.
JERMAINE CUNNINGHAM
Charge: Misdemeanor battery in December 2007 for an altercation with a clerk at Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwich Shop in Gainesville. Cunningham allegedly threw paper cups at the clerk.
Outcome: Charges were dropped.
Team punishment: Cunningham played in Florida’s next game, the Capital One Bowl, but Meyer said he imposed physical punishment on Cunningham, who also couldn’t accept bowl-game gifts.
TONY JOINER
Charge: Felony theft in October 2007 for breaking into a car impound and retrieving his girlfriend’s car, which had been towed.
Outcome: Charges were dropped.
Team punishment: Joiner never missed game time, but Meyer stripped him of his captaincy.
RONNIE WILSON
Charge #1: Aggravated assault, battery and use of display of a concealed weapon during commission of a felony in April 2007 for shooting a semiautomatic rifle after a dispute with another man.
Outcome: Wilson pleaded no contest to battery and discharging a firearm. The felony charge was reduced to a misdemeanor and later dropped. Wilson was placed on two year’s probation and given 100 hours of community service.
Charge #2: Misdemeanor possession of marijuana in January 2008.
Outcome: The charge was dropped despite serving probation for his original arrest.
Charge #3: One count of battery and one count of assault for an altercation at an apartment complex in October.
Outcome: Nothing has been ruled on the case, according to court records.
Team punishments: Wilson was suspended for the entire 2007 season stemming from the gun charge, including a full-year suspension from University of Florida academics. Wilson rejoined the team in 2008 but was suspended and eventually kicked off after the third charge.
DUSTIN DOE
Charge: Misdemeanor affray and resisting arrest for his role in an April 2007 fight.
Outcome: Charges were dropped.
Team punishment: No suspension for Doe.
DORIAN MUNROE
Charge: Felony theft in May 2007 when he removed a University Police boot from his car and put it in
his trunk.
Outcome: Charges were dropped.
Team punishment: No suspension for Munroe.
JOHN CURTIS
Charge: Misdemeanor violation of probation in May 2007 after failing to serve five hours of community service stemming from an alcohol citation.
Outcome: Curtis complied with the violation, served probation and the case was dismissed.
Team punishment: Curtis was in Meyer’s doghouse, but he was also injured, so it was difficult to tell why he was out.
BRANDON JAMES
Charge: Purchasing marijuana — a felony — along with misdemeanor possession of marijuana in June 2007.
Outcome: The felony charge was dropped due to a minuscule amount (8 grams); James served probation and community service stemming from the misdemeanor charge.
Team punishment: Suspended for one game, the 2007 opener against Western Kentucky.
AVERY ATKINS
Charge: Misdemeanor domestic battery in July 2006 after an altercation in Daytona Beach with the mother of his child. The initial investigation took place in June 2006 with Atkins facing accusations of felony false imprisonment along with the battery charge.
Outcome: Atkins received pre-trial intervention and both cases were eventually dropped.
Team punishment: Meyer immediately suspended Atkins, who then transferred to Bethune-Cookman, found legal trouble there and died in July 2007 from a drug overdose.
LOUIS MURPHY
Charge: Misdemeanor possession of marijuana in May 2006.
Outcome: Charges were dropped, and Murphy had to perform 12.5 hours of community service.
Team punishment: Murphy was suspended for three games during the 2006 season.
JON DEMPS
Charge: Misdemeanor driving with a suspended license in September 2006.
Outcome: Charges were dropped and Demps received six months probation.
Team punishment: Meyer kicked Demps off the team after the 2006 season reportedly for a marijuana-related incident. Demps worked out with the Gators later that summer but never played for UF again.
DAWAYNE GRACE
Charge #1: Misdemeanor charges of battery and theft in July 2005 stemming from a sworn complaint.
Outcome: Charges were dropped because victim did not wish to prosecute.
Charge #2: Misdemeanor violation of a city ordinance and disorderly conduct in October 2005 for his involvement in a fight. Eyewitnesses told police that Grace threw a punch.
Outcome: Grace completed a deferred prosecution program including 7.5 hours of community service.
Team punishment: Meyer suspended Grace indefinitely after the October arrest. Grace later transferred to Georgia Southern.
And this is just a list of 24, done LAST summer.
That doesn’t include Rainey, and the 5 others.
We have a list. Your list is MUCH worse. And in our list, ALL players are suspended at least a game.
On this list, we see that Urban Meyer only suspends those players who don’t matter so much to the overall game.
Again, Gator Trash.
Rainey on your parade
September 15th, 2010
2:07 pm
I heard Rainey wasn’t texting an (ex)girlfriend…. I heard it was Tebow who reported the inappropriate texts because he got his feelings really hurt…..
the ref
September 15th, 2010
2:09 pm
Chazzo is correct.
chazzo
September 15th, 2010
2:09 pm
Delbert,
You are correct about the definition of assault. It is, however, battery.
GatorGuy
September 15th, 2010
2:09 pm
JustAfan – you are an embarrassment to Gator Nation!
dap01
September 15th, 2010
2:10 pm
Good article JS.
Ummm BugKiller you're wrong
September 15th, 2010
2:10 pm
And now you’re just making stuff up. Tony Joiner did what Rennie Curran did but somehow Joiner stole a car. Get a life.
Urban Crier
September 15th, 2010
2:11 pm
I cannot kick him off the team….winning is way too important. But I am going to kick off not one…but TWO….of my 3rd stringers to send a loud message to the team. Now how is that for bringing the hammer down! Plus he did not really kill the b***h now…did he? Plus he told me what he meant to say was “Time to dieT”. He noticed she had put on a few extra pounds and was only trying to help her lose weight. Geeeeeeeeez.
Ummm BugKiller you're wrong
September 15th, 2010
2:11 pm
GO TECH!!!!!!!!!!
dap01
September 15th, 2010
2:12 pm
They better put thicker padding on the cell tonight. I guess that CUM really does not mind thuggess behavior. He had no real problem with Spikes’ eye poking.
Character…..
Dontavius Supremo
September 15th, 2010
2:13 pm
Coaches face tremendous criticism from “boosters” and fans who criticize them for sitting out name players. What is probably needed is a policy rule from NCAA, similar to that enforced against Green of Georgia, who sold a jersey through an agent for $$$. Seems to me that the NCAA should be at least as interested in disciplining players for violations of the criminal law (particularly violations of a felonious nature) as they are against a playing making a few dollars off his name.
Nate the Great
September 15th, 2010
2:15 pm
hey ref,
you must wake up in a cold sweat every night thinking about how the Dawgs own your team.
You’re pathetic.
PS how pathetic is it to be owned by UGA…and Kansas?
tim
September 15th, 2010
2:15 pm
Schultz you have once again demonstrated an uncommon knowledge of the US Constitution. A few years ago the Gators outstanding OL Carl Johnson was accused of the same thing..end result charges dropped player reinstated…that’s what will happen here…get ALL your facts before you speak after all aren’t you a journalist…or are you?
DawgDad
September 15th, 2010
2:16 pm
Won’t the SCHOOL expel this kid?
the ref
September 15th, 2010
2:16 pm
Nate the Great – we beat UGA that one time a couple years ago!
1789 Fanatic
September 15th, 2010
2:17 pm
Let’s remember that this man has not been convicted of anything yet. He is innocent until proven guilty. How much of this grandstanding do we have to put up with until these “media trials” end and we can focus on football?
JustAfan
September 15th, 2010
2:17 pm
Who said I was part of gator nation?
tim
September 15th, 2010
2:18 pm
Because these kids should be allowed to threaten people’s lives as long as the women don’t press charges then it is fine!
Delbert D.
September 15th, 2010
2:18 pm
chazzo – How is it battery? Is “stalking” under Florida law battery? This isn’t from a law book, but it explains the difference:
“In most states, an Assault & Battery is committed when one person 1) tries to or does physically strike another, or 2) acts in a threatening manner to put another in fear of immediate harm. Many states declare that a more serious or “aggravated” assault/battery occurs when one 1) tries to or does cause severe injury to another, or 2) causes injury through use of a deadly weapon.
Historically, laws treated the threat of physical injury as “assault”, and the completed act of physical contact or offensive touching as “battery,” but many states no longer differentiate between the two.”
From StateLawyers.com
JustAfan
September 15th, 2010
2:18 pm
GO TECH!!!!!!!!
Nate the Great
September 15th, 2010
2:18 pm
ref- Still working on Kansas though?
UGABugKiller
September 15th, 2010
2:19 pm
Let me guess, Tim, you were/are one of the gentleman who have been/are calling and threatening the victim?
You’re so assured that nothing will come of this. Wonder why?
DawgDad
September 15th, 2010
2:19 pm
Remember Virginia Tech, Duke, etc. Particularly VT. I would think death threats issued by a student would be taken VERY seriously, otherwise the U is opening themselves up for HUGE liability if the kid ultimately goes haywire.
SEC fan
September 15th, 2010
2:20 pm
GatorGuy, whoever you are, you aren’t a graduate of UF. If you were, you’d know it’s ALUMNUS. Hilarious follow-on post as well – POT MEET KETTLE.
GatorGuy
September 15th, 2010
1:30 pm
As a Gator Alumni I will say that Urban is an embarrassment to our University.
GatorGuy
September 15th, 2010
2:00 pm
JustAfan – I recommend you spend some of your money on some grammar classes!
MSD
September 15th, 2010
2:20 pm
Wow Jeff, how are all the teams in the contry not beating down your door to let you run everything. Since you clearly know everything there is to know – omnipresent is it? then you should be the arbiter of all decisions made in all situations. Unless maybe, just maybe, you are not privy to all of the details, and by the way, don’t have the authority. Did Urban call to ask your opinion? However, you are certainly quick to pull the trigger when you can pander to the local puppies and get them all in a lather. Are you now supporting immediate indictment for anyone texting anything offensive? Where do you draw the line now?
GatorGuy
September 15th, 2010
2:20 pm
JustAfan – So you pay $250 to watch the UGA/UF game and you have no alliance to either team? Right!!!!!!
Lets take a count
September 15th, 2010
2:21 pm
Raise your hand if you people who are condemning Meyer for a yet to be determined punishment you say is going to be light that will come back and admit he did the right thing when he kicks Rainey off the team permanently?
No I bet what you’ll do is be back with more innuendo and a new spin on why Meyer is the devil and everything he and UF does is wrong just like BugKiller and his BS spin he keeps making up.
GatorGuy
September 15th, 2010
2:23 pm
SEC fan – Sorry about that! I just read it off the tag on my car. I will make sure next time I get it right! What team do you cheer for in the SEC? Don’t want to admit it in public huh?
Lets take a count
September 15th, 2010
2:26 pm
Here is an example on Meyer doing the right thing.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/08/28/1795834/two-gators-arrested-for-underage.html
1893 Reporter
September 15th, 2010
2:27 pm
We ought to slap this young man about his face with his own leather headgear. In my day, you would tell a lady this to her face, not send it to the blog-postings-twitter. That is shameful.
Dawg Tired
September 15th, 2010
2:27 pm
Heck Jeff, the Gator fans encroaching on our blogs all the time seem to think that driving on campus without a drivers license or driving the wrong way down an alley on a scooter is “an arrest” that should result in throwing the player off the team and firing CMR! Of course, I could be wrong, but I don’t see Myer doing the obviously right thing here, to wit: Getting rid of the bum/thug. Yes felonies and death threats mean one is a thug – not traffic tickets.
Folks who criticize CMR but can’t see the difference in these various offenses are clueless. After all, CMR did not hesitate to dismiss Mettenberger and the kid from Indiana, etc.
BTW, I thought Meyer had resigned.
JustAfan
September 15th, 2010
2:27 pm
I never said I wasn’t part of the gator nation! But your just jumping to conclusions….like I would be doing by saying your a GA fan…..I’m sure you have much more things to worrie about other than MY grammar off a cell phone, get a life and a job! Quit spending your day on here just looking for a reason to feel like you’ve accomplished something by correcting someones grammar! I’m sure all these people are all to impressed!
SEC fan
September 15th, 2010
2:28 pm
The team that I cheer for sucks so I just come on here and make sure that everyone is up to speed on Grammar!