Some bottom-line thoughts in the settlement case between Florida State University and Jameis Winston’s rape accuser:
* FSU and its boosters were not about to throw good money after bad. That $950,000 settlement comes on top of legal fees that had already reached $1.7 million.
* References to guilt and innocence necessarily come up with legal issues. It should be “guilty” and “not-guilty.” There is no provision for innocence here.
* A near-million-dollar settlement is hefty. If I were a skeptic, I’d call it the price to be paid for an uber successful, major college football program. But I’m not that skeptical. I’m that cynical.