Cornerback Jacques Rickerson was given the boot from the Florida football team yesterday after being arrested on a charge of domestic battery by strangulation.

Nice.

At least Urban Meyer acted swiftly.  “Jacques Rickerson is no longer part of our team — that is not what our program is about.”

You can read the details of what happened right here… suffice to say, the dismissal of a player who’d taken part in every game this year was well warranted.

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