First, a mea culpa: I did not write about Florida Gators quarterback Jalon Jones entering his name in the NCAA’s transfer portal on Tuesday, when Matt Zenitz of al.com broke that news.
And I did not do that for a specific reason: Because the whispers behind the scenes on Jones — on message boards and among those in the know on social media — pointed to something more than simple competitive reasons prompting Florida’s likely fourth-string quarterback to transfer.
I wasn’t going to write half of a story on Jones deciding to transfer and noting details in my triangulation like Thomas Goldkamp being told by sources that “both parties” — Florida and Jones — “agreed on the split,” because I felt that speculation would be unfair to Jones, whom I could not report any further on with confidence.