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Florida State is suspending quarterback Jameis Winston for the first half of its game Saturday vs. No. 24 Clemson in the wake of an obscene phrase he yelled in a public space Tuesday.
"As the university's most visible ambassadors, student-athletes at Florida State are expected to uphold at all times high standards of integrity and behavior that reflect well upon themselves, their families, coaches, teammates, the Department of Athletics and Florida State University," interim president Garnett Stokes and athletics director Stan Wilcox said in a statement. "Student-athletes are expected to act in a way that reflects dignity and respect for others.
"As a result of his comments yesterday, which were offensive and vulgar, Jameis Winston will undergo internal discipline and will be withheld from competition for the first half of the Clemson game."
Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher said earlier on Wednesday's ACC teleconference that the school was considering punishment for Winston after a report that he jumped on a table at the student union and shouted the vulgarity.
"It was not a good decision," Fisher said. "You can't make certain statements that are derogatory or inflammatory to any person, race or gender. You have to understand that."
"You have to be very intelligent about what you say, (because) it matters."
Deadspin first reported the incident, citing several Tweets from witnesses. The obscenity is apparently a gag rooted in an Internet meme that has gone viral on college campuses.
Still, Winston is in a different circumstance because of his celebrity and the fact that he was accused of sexual assault last year. The state prosecutor in Tallahassee declined to bring charges against Winston, citing problems with the investigation and saying the evidence was unlikely to lead to a conviction.
Winston has been involved in a series of incidents of varied severity since arriving at Florida State three years ago, from shooting pellet guns to stealing crab legs to a current school investigation into the alleged 2012 rape of a female student.
Fisher said the school was still deciding whether Winston might miss any playing time against Clemson.
"It's something that has to be addressed," Fisher said. "We're talking as things go on right now."