Gators game might be a little easier now...

[ruffledfeathers]

Florida board reporting five key players involved in $150,000 in credit charges against three women's credit cards.

Edit: Latest correction (there may be more ) has the $150k as a typo and should be $1,500 and being handled internally. One player implicated is allegedly not involved, so four players?

 

[carolinamyke]

So in long term really no affect on season I'm sure

 

[ruffledfeathers]

So in long term really no affect on season I'm sure

Not now, it would seem. Apparently stipend cards were used to by electronics. Probably a brief suspension, at worst, and over before our game. Sorry to get everyone excited over what amounted to not much. $150,000 would have been a different story.

Edit update (rumour) :

1. No criminal charges will be filed. This is purely a University issue and the involved players have been notified.

2. One player has to make restitution or will be kicked out...True Freshman.

3. One starter may be gone completely (rumour is Callaway). He was asked to move his stuff out of his apartment by the parents of a current player. You make the guess.

 

[ruffledfeathers]

More info:

Multiple sources have confirmed to me that five Gator football players have been involved in credit card fraud.

Per the source, at some point during Summer B, Antonio Callaway, Jawaan Taylor, Brad Stewart, Kadeem Telfort, and Jordan Smith went into a store and bought $1500 worth of items on three student credit cards. The credit cards were issued to them as part of their athletic scholarship, and were given to purchase items needed as student athletes. The items purchased did not fall under this category. The players then went out and sold the items.

An additional source has since told me that Taylor was not involved.

The Gainesville Police Department does not plan on making any arrests, and the University of Florida does not plan on disciplining its players; the school is more interested in being compensated than in punishing the players. Given that the players did not have explicit permission from UF to either buy the items or sell them, that is a form of stealing, so if there were to be charges filed, they would be “scheme to defraud” charges, which are a third degree felony.

At this point, allow me to dispel a few rumors floating around:

-The amount of money spent on the credit cards was not $150,000, but $1500. UF tightly monitors what happens with its credit cards, and would have figured it out immediately had the amount been much more.

-These events took place some time ago, so arrests would have been made had the amount been significantly larger.

-The credit cards did not belong to fellow UF students, and were obtained by the players fully legally. They were not stolen.

-Malik Zaire and Chauncey Gardner, two players rumored to have participated in this, were not involved.

-No player will be kicked out of school or dismissed from the team because of this. If suspensions do happen, they will come from Jim McElwain, not the school, and they figure to be minimal.

I’m still tying up a few loose ends to this story, and will have everything for you by tomorrow or Monday. But for now, know that the crimes committed were not nearly as horrible as the rumors claim they were.

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

UF is not going to keep out any players for SEC play. This is the school that had a player fire off an AK47 in public and he still played

 

[craneoperatr1_a_aol.com]

Wonder how Spurrier would handle this??

 

[ruffledfeathers]

Update:

Florida said seven players have been suspended for the Gators’ season-opening game vs. Michigan.

Included in the group is wide receiver Antonio Callaway, Florida’s leading receiver in 2016.

“We have a small group of players that have made some choices that are extremely disappointing,” Florida coach Jim McElwain said in a statement. “Action has been taken – they have missed some practice and will miss the Michigan game. We will use this as a learning opportunity and we will have some players step up as we move forward.”

Davis had 27 tackles and 1.5 sacks in 2016 and he and the other suspended players are projected backups for the Gators.

Callaway had 54 catches for 721 yards and three touchdowns in 2016. He was also the Gators’ primary punt returner. Without Callaway, Florida’s top receiver heading into the Sep. 2 game vs. the Wolverines at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium is Brandon Powell. He had 45 catches for 387 yards a year ago.

 

[wallycock]

Update:

Florida said seven players have been suspended for the Gators’ season-opening game vs. Michigan.

Included in the group is wide receiver Antonio Callaway, Florida’s leading receiver in 2016.

“We have a small group of players that have made some choices that are extremely disappointing,” Florida coach Jim McElwain said in a statement. “Action has been taken – they have missed some practice and will miss the Michigan game. We will use this as a learning opportunity and we will have some players step up as we move forward.”

Davis had 27 tackles and 1.5 sacks in 2016 and he and the other suspended players are projected backups for the Gators.

Callaway had 54 catches for 721 yards and three touchdowns in 2016. He was also the Gators’ primary punt returner. Without Callaway, Florida’s top receiver heading into the Sep. 2 game vs. the Wolverines at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium is Brandon Powell. He had 45 catches for 387 yards a year ago.

Cudos to CJMc for having a set.

 

[cocky4]

There are few things lower than a thief.

 

[zack#]

not to worry they will all be there for us.