FSU may punish Jameis Winston

ByABC News
September 17, 2014, 12:00 PM

— -- Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston may face punishment by the school, including missing at least a portion of Saturday's game against Clemson, after he was seen shouting an obscene sexual phrase on campus Tuesday.

"It was not a good decision," coach Jimbo Fisher said of the incident during Wednesday's ACC teleconference. "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."

The No. 1 Seminoles face No. 22 Clemson on Saturday.

"We're deciding. We're talking and things [are] going on right now," Fisher said of Winston's status. "It's not something that we want or are indicative of. And it's not a good decision. It was something that had to be addressed."

On Tuesday, Florida State students began flooding Twitter as several witnessed the reigning Heisman Trophy winner allegedly stand on a table in or in the immediate vicinity of the student union and yell obscenities, mimicking a popular Internet video. The phrase is of a sexual nature.

Winston was investigated in 2013 for sexual assault. Ultimately, Willie Meggs, the state attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit, chose not to charge Winston in December.

Fisher said the incident has been addressed with Winston. It is another off-the-field incident for Winston, who has been embroiled in controversy for the last year.

"You don't ever want any kind of instances, but we have to keep learning and educating, we have to make better decisions, we have to make good decisions on things," Fisher said. "And we'll try to continue to do that and try to educate.

"... The statements in which you make are always going to be more public than statements that other individuals make. That's just the nature of the business, of who you are and what you are."