(08-03-2018, 03:07 PM)VisitingCobra Wrote:

(08-01-2018, 03:05 PM)Dumptruck Wrote: If evidence is provided and this is true, Meyer is done. It would mean that he tolerated one of his staff being a woman beater for several years with no repercussions.

They've been talking about this a lot on the radio, but I kinda feel like people are making a lot of assumptions about this.  Did he tolerate someone on his staff being a habitual woman beater, or did he just not have enough information to legally fire him for the issue?  Was the guy even arrested for anything? The bombshell is that his wife was sent a picture by the victim, but what picture?  What was in the picture?  Isn't this important?  I'm not saying he's innocent or guilty of anything, but just this story still has a good deal of holes people are filling in for themselves.

Firstly, Urban Meyer already lied once about this story, claiming he never knew about any of it...... later to be found false.

This whole situation goes back all the way to 2009.
Regardless of whether this guy has been or ever was charged with anything... the issue here is that coaches, universities and people involved in college competitive sports are placing winning over real life problems, like sexual assault (Winston, Mixon) and domestic violence, as in this repeat offender (or repeat suspect, whatever)

Urban Meyer epitomizes this going back to his days sweeping stuff under the rug at UF.

Perhaps Meyer knew, and said something to OSU about this situation.. and perhaps that clears him of "wrong doing" but it doesn't clear him of making poor decisions as a human.
This guy has had like a dozen police visits to his house over allegations of DV.
Perhaps Meyer should move on from this guy and let him get his schtuff together in real life....

If OSU knew of what's going on and turned a blind eye, it's even worse.

I'm usually the first to jump to someone's defense in "wait for more information or proof"
but after what I've heard and read... there's plenty of smoke.

It isn't just Meyer and OSU.
This happens all the time. If major media doesn't get ahold of the story, then colleges and their coaches skate by.
And only after it becomes a huge national news story does anyone want to do anything... and then you're only punishing to appease the media mob as it were.

Tony Reali said it best "the entire system is weighted against the victim"

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