Impatient at the Cracker Barrel It Is

As an update to this previous post, in which I asked whether we had a case of felony burglary or simply impatience at the Cracker Barrel, that question has finally been answered.

Prosecutors came to their senses and dropped all charges against Tony Joiner, a safety for the University of Florida Gators football team, after the company declined to go forward with any charges against Joiner. As the prosecutors said, "without a victim, there is no crime." (Sound familiar, Kobe?) That means he can travel to the team's came against LSU today.

BUT his coach was not so forgiving. Head coach Urban Meyer stripped Joiner of his role as captain, stating that being out late on a Monday night is not the behavior that he expects out of a leader of the team. Coach Meyer said that he will travel to the game, but he is going to pay a "heavy price" for the next four weeks. This to me sounds like he's not going to play for perhaps the rest of the season, maybe until bowl game time.

Ah, well. Sounds like a pretty good kid to me. I think the coach is being harsh because of all the attention this has received, which is unfortunate. But at least he's not looking at doing a bid in the slammer. And hopefully, he still has a girlfriend!