How Come Florida State is Not Getting Investigated by the NCAA?

Florida State quarterback/closer Jameis Winston has already completed his community service for stealing crab legs from a local grocery store. Since he has there is no reason to believe that this little blip on the off-season scandal radar will become just a memory in the days to come.

But why? Shouldn't the NCAA be investigating Florida State?

On the surface, Winston's crab theft was handled completely above board. The punishment that was handed down was within NCAA regulations and as far as we know it was completed appropriately. So the case should go away--right?

Not so fast.

There is reason to believe that there is a systematic abuse of the system going on with potentially widespread impermissible benefits being handed out to Florida State players by the store Winston stole the crab legs from, Publix.

ESPN personality Marcellus Wiley went to the defense of Winston by saying he was taking the fall for everybody; that lots of players get free food from the store:

Jameis Winston's 'falling on the sword' 2 protect his teammates & 'higher ups' who knew of this Publix taking care of players for years! #YO
— Marcellus Wiley (@marcelluswiley) May 1, 2014

C.J. McCollum, now with the Portland Trail Blazers concurred:

Perhaps he went to the wrong counter 2 checkout, but I'm not buying it Most big schools have 1 spot players eat 4free at #Justmythoughts
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) May 2, 2014

The NY Post carried a story about Wiley's accusation. A writer from a local paper, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel's Omar Kelly, thinks it is not just the current group of Florida State athletes that have benefitted:

To @marcelluswiley @mikefreemanNFL not YEARS....DECADES.
— Omar Kelly (@OmarKelly) May 1, 2014

Shortly after the scandal broke CollegeSpun posted a story including a Facebook post that makes it sound like Winston has received free food/stolen food from Publix before:

via CollegeSpun

So we have a collection of circumstantial evidence that makes it sound like there could be a whole lot of questionable crap going on with Florida State and the grocery store. So why isn't the NCAA checking it out?

The NCAA is supposed to make sure that the sports played at colleges across the nation are all above board. Do they? Eh--they could do better, but at the same time the rules and regulations do need an overhaul. However, in the meantime it is the duty of the governing body for college sports to investigate cases of impropriety and punish accordingly.

So why aren't they? They did when Johnny Manziel was accused of something last year with nothing but circumstantial evidence. Manziel's alleged transgression was by an individual; this is potentially one that many members of the program are involved in.

So what gives NCAA? Is it just because ESPN isn't pushing this story like mad like they did Manziel's? You know, making it the focus of countless post online and talking about it constantly even after the NCAA ruled on the issue?

Or is there another reason?

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