My problem with accusing these players of trivializing sexual assault is that it implies that sexual assault hasn't already been trivialized in this case. I was listening to Roger Staubach being interviewed on sports radio yesterday and when the subject of Jameis Winston came up Staubach and the interviewer both…

On the one hand, it's shitty and unsportsmanlike.

You've convinced me. It makes sense - at the very least, if FSU is going to turn a blind eye to sexual assault, if they're going to do everything i their power to make sure that a rapist gets to play football without any punishment, then for whatever reason they're chanting it, it's not a bad thing to always be a bug…

Well, it's all trivializing rape.

summed up my feelings perfectly as well.

I don't believe he is "shamed." He's a Heisman winner. A star quarterback. Headed to the NFL. Tons of fans. This shit talk from the other team (or any other naysayers) is all just part of sports. It's in jest. On the whole, when you look at his sports career, no one gives a flying fuck that he's a rapist. It's just a…

They're not condemning rape. They're using rape as an opportunity for sports smack talk. It's the epitome of trivialization.

I thought this was fucking hilarious, but I understand if it offends some people. The problem is that Oregon University has a pretty bad history when it comes to sexual assault allegations too. I think three of their basketball players were arrested for gang rape and only kicked off the team when the media frenzy…

I see that the consensus here is the the Ducks were being dicks for the chant and trivializing Winston's rape of a fellow student. However, I'm with damn near anything that brings to light and shames the fuck out of a man for committing such crime.

I agree with you.

You know, I'm really torn about this. On the one hand, you're right. They're trivializing sexual assault, and I have no doubt whatsoever that this was done 100% to mock/embarrass/etc. Jameis Winston. I have no illusions that this was some sort of reasoned show of solidarity for the victim or sexual assault victims…

Truth. We're always saying that we need to marshall social opprobrium against rapists, because the whole point of rape culture is that they bank on nobody really caring or holding anything against them. But then when actual social opprobrium falls on Winston — people showing him open disrespect — we're going to…

Also equally shitty that the Oregon punishment is likely not for sexual assault trivialization but for disrespecting another player.

I have to disagree. I think they were calling out a fucking rapist who has been gloating and getting put on a goddamn pedestal because he is (usually) good at a stupid game. They handed said rapist his head in the game and then told him karma is a bitch. That's okay by me.

They aren't condemning rape. They're making fun of FSU for losing by saying their team said "no" and they think it's funny because FSU's quarterback's a rapist.

I'd agree but I don't think they're getting suspended because what they did trivialized rape and was disrespectful to victims out there, I think they're getting suspended because Oregon thinks it was disrespectful to Winston and FSU.

As someone who has been involved in anti-sexual violence work for over 20 years and was seriously dismayed at the circus that FSU turned their "investigation" (cough, cough) into in order to protect a football player and someone who will earn millions of dollars for the university . . . I actually think that shaming…

I have to say, it's shitty that the Oregon players are receiving more punishment than the rapist in this situation.

The whole game was a trivialization of sexual assault. The announcers were hammering on the fact that FSU had a chip on their shoulders because they felt the country was against them, and against Winston in particular, and they never, EVER mentioned why.

One of my facebook friends who is a die hard FSU fan posted a link to the video with the quote "stay class Oregon." I thought that has to be the most ironic thing anyone's ever said about the situation.