U. of Florida Athletes Twice as Likely to Evade Prosecution as College-Age Males in Gainesville

Of the programs covered — Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Michigan State, Missouri, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Texas A&M and Wisconsin (Notre Dame and MSU withheld some material, and ESPN is suing them) — the most significant records of shenanigans seemed to take place at Florida and Florida State:

Both of those programs, as well as Oklahoma State, were said to have high-power attorneys on-hand, essentially as fixers. Florida Law graduate Huntley Johnson was touted by Chris Rainey — who was accused of myriad crimes in Gainesville including texting a girlfriend “Time to die, bitch, U and UR!” — as an attorney who could “get you out of anything, everything.”

Florida State’s fixer, Tim Jansen, who represented Jameis Winston, went on record with OTL in discussing how FSU associate athletic director Monk Bonasorte communicates about cases with him. Lawyers were just one of the factors in helping athletes stay out of trouble:

If you’ve got some time today, go read the whole thing.