Concerns an Ohio State WR Coach's domestic violence and Urban's turning a deaf ear towards it and recently lying about it at Media Day.
A pretty well-put together piece of journalism by Brett McMurphy (ESPN), IMO.
Will be interesting to see if Urban survives this. Have a read.
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Add in all of the other shady shit that has followed him, and you just can't justify ever bringing him back. He doesn't deserve any benefit of the doubt
Are you firing him for keeping Smith on the staff or because he wasn't honest about it last week? I agree there's no way he didn't know. But if he goes, it's because of the attempted cover up, in my opinion.
**ducks**
The first post on this thread I think every rational person can agree with.
If he knew about the alleged abuse and did not report it immediately, I think he is in violation of the contract and that alone is a fireable offense. He is only ok if he can show he fired him and/or reported it as soon as he found out.
General dishonesty is in the DNA of big money college sports. Apparently asking a big time college head coach to not try to cover up some element of wrongdoing goes against every instinct.
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because I truly believe that if he comes out after firing him and says something along the lines of that he shouldn't have kept him this long, he made a mistake, he's sorry, then he still gets a lot of heat and looks bad but it never goes this far. I don't think it was a fireable offense on its own until he lied about it. Now, anything can happen
If he knew about the alleged abuse and did not report it immediately, I think he is in violation of the contract and that alone is a fireable offense. He is only ok if he can show he fired him and/or reported it as soon as he found out.
It WAS reported to the police, by the wife. There were multiple reports of the police responding to the house for incidents. That's what McMurphy originally found. She declined to press charges each time. Then she goes to Shelly and presumably Urban in 2015. The police are aware, I'm guessing the AD is aware, and Urban is aware of the situation. If she's not pressing charges, then what is there to report? It's already been reported to the police.
Now at this point he's got to be fired. And Urban is guilty of keeping this scumbag on his staff after that, for whatever reason, likely loyalty to his grandfather. But if she's not pressing charges, what can he do besides fire him? Which also doesn't solve really solve the situation. It just gets him away from the players and the university. She's still dealing with this guy but that's not Urban's respnsibility
This is sort of jumping off what FMiC said earlier. If he's fired, it's for lying about it last week. Because if he jsut explains the situation above and admitted his mistake, he gets flak but it likely passes by the time camp starts.
His contract requires that he report it to the university so that they can protect themselves legally. He didn't do that, so put them at legal risk. I have no way of knowing for sure, but I am guessing there is nothing in there saying you don't have to report it if she doesn't press charges.
If he was aware of abuse and was legally required to report it to Smith and the admin and he did not do that, I don't see how he isn't fired.
Alas, we live in an environment where anyone of fame is guilty until proven innocent. So many things are inside out these days...
The mob mentality takes down anyone associated with events now. They play moral judge and jury with real impact to people in the spotlight.
I look at the Larry Nassar situation. Terrible man. Monster. But the fallout of his arrest made it seem like people not only turned a blind eye, but protected him from prosecution. There are certainly innocent people who had no idea what was happening that lost a job or position. Over 60 people were fired or forced to resign in his wake.
I don't know if we'll see this type of thing abide though.
The part I cringe at is that oftentimes the people accused of not coming forward are often looked at as worse as the person who is doing the actual abuse. at least in the public's eye.
But this one I don't think is the same case. Meyer is in trouble with him employer for exposing them to risk. I don't think anyone is really arguing that he somehow enabled the abuse. At least I am not. I think is problem is that he owed it to his employers to let them know if there was a problem, and he simply didn't do it.
I don't think simply having the knowledge should be a tipping point though, especially if it was fairly well known that events had happened with the police being called and an arrest being made that surely was visible to the police and the greater community.
Meyer is only opening up the university to risk if he keeps a known abuser employed while the rest of the university, including the AD is in the dark.
What ultimately should seal his fate is if he lied. Then it goes from a passive event to one that he's triggered.
The mob mentality takes down anyone associated with events now. They play moral judge and jury with real impact to people in the spotlight.
I look at the Larry Nassar situation. Terrible man. Monster. But the fallout of his arrest made it seem like people not only turned a blind eye, but protected him from prosecution. There are certainly innocent people who had no idea what was happening that lost a job or position. Over 60 people were fired or forced to resign in his wake.
I don't know if we'll see this type of thing abide though.
The part I cringe at is that oftentimes the people accused of not coming forward are often looked at as worse as the person who is doing the actual abuse. at least in the public's eye.
I agree with your last point.
In terms of innocent people getting screwed b/c of the actions of a few, that's nothing new, look at Bear Stearns or Enron for starters.
Like all things in life there is some discretion. If the coach had been shooting up the campus and it was being covered by CNN surely every employee does not run to HR to report it. But I also think that simply relying on your superiors to be aware of gossip or local police blotters is a harder position to defend. Fortunately Urban has deep pockets and can hire some good lawyers to make that argument if he likes. But honestly he will probably just negotiate a settlement, step down, and not speak about it again.
It doesn't seem like a nuanced issue to me. If he knew, and claimed he didn't, but also didn't report it, that's not mob justice. That's getting fired for cause.
Anyone who believes he shouldn't be fired at this point should be slapped silly.
That statement today was the biggest joke I have ever seen.
Ohio State should have fired him the second he released that statement.
Urb is truly a scumbag.....
He blatantly lied and knew he was blatantly lying.
What a piece of shit.
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needs to clean house of the entire athletic department. Not sure they will, but the AD needs to go as well. They all knew of the 2015 incident and did nothing. Not one of them deserves to keep their job.
What should matter is lying. A lot of people knew about the 2015 incident including the police, the victim's family and most in the football program.
Meyer firing the coach likely isn't ending the abuse. Focus on the reasons Meyer should be fired, not thinking something was going to stop from his action or inaction
People are right to be highly skeptical given the reported information.
And let's be honest, he was unprepared and nervous? A veteran, big time college football head coach? Seems very unlikely.
Also, Smith convinced Urb that the tooth fairy and Santa clause were real as well.
Also, Smith convinced Urb that the tooth fairy and Santa clause were real as well.
Arrested for DUI
**ducks**
Go Badgers!!!
The worst they ever did was buy sneakers at a discount from a store that gave *everybody* discounts. And they got more than a slap on the wrist.
I think when you combine this with the gymnastics team's abuse scandal, I wonder if some shine will come off that dotted "i"??
Also, Smith convinced Urb that the tooth fairy and Santa clause were real as well.
LOL. Urban didn't know. Yeah, and I'm going to climb into bed tonight with Margot Robbie & Scarlett Johnansson.
Also, Smith convinced Urb that the tooth fairy and Santa clause were real as well.
To be fair, Meyer has said nothing about this. Smith and his lawyer have spoken. And both have said Meyer was never told.
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Smith arrested in 2013. Was sentenced to probation and some driving privileges revoked. Now this is all public record. Yet, somehow Urb knew “nothing” about it. Especially the driving part in the aftermath. Smith wanted to keep it on the hush-hush.
Also, Smith convinced Urb that the tooth fairy and Santa clause were real as well.
To be fair, Meyer has said nothing about this. Smith and his lawyer have spoken. And both have said Meyer was never told.
So the man who is one of the most powerful person not only in sports but also the state of Florida and Ohio - didn’t know of a DUI that any Joe Blow on a corner lot would have known? For such a powerful person, he sure doesn’t know a lot of what’s going on around him, right?
LOL. But Urb didn’t know.... haha
Again - the HC of a football team isn't expected to be a judge and jury, he's expected to win football games - which is exactly why blind eyes are often turned.
The key still remain s - is Meyer's lying to a reporter a fireable offense?
The rest is just a question of morality or ethics.
Again - the HC of a football team isn't expected to be a judge and jury, he's expected to win football games - which is exactly why blind eyes are often turned.
The key still remain s - is Meyer's lying to a reporter a fireable offense?
The rest is just a question of morality or ethics.
We still don’t know for a fact he reported the abuse either. Saying one did and have an AD say he did isn’t concrete.
Again - the HC of a football team isn't expected to be a judge and jury, he's expected to win football games - which is exactly why blind eyes are often turned.
The key still remain s - is Meyer's lying to a reporter a fireable offense?
The rest is just a question of morality or ethics.
FMiC, I posted this on the 1st page.
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"If Urban Meyer knew about the domestic violence issues, he may have violated his contract and could be fired with cause. The contract says he must "promptly report to Ohio State's Title IX Coordinator for Athletics any known violations of Ohio State's Sexual Misconduct Policy (including but not limited to sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, intimate violence and stalking) that involve any student, faculty or staff."
I don't think there's a legal obligation for him to do anything on that
So you're telling me a Columbus judge graduated from OSU? That's shocking! Great scoop
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Was Ohio State grad and member of the OSU President’s Club.
So you're telling me a Columbus judge graduated from OSU? That's shocking! Great scoop
Betcha Urb didnt know that ;)
I don't think there's a legal obligation for him to do anything on that
There isn't, it's a non-story. This has taken so many ridiculous turns with various reports coming out that have nothing to do with the issue at hand. It's a complete mess.
I don't think there's a legal obligation for him to do anything on that
Gotcha. Sorry for the confusion
So the man who is one of the most powerful person not only in sports but also the state of Florida and Ohio - didn’t know of a DUI that any Joe Blow on a corner lot would have known? For such a powerful person, he sure doesn’t know a lot of what’s going on around him, right?
I don't know what Meyer knew or didn't. I'm just pointing out the fact that Meyer hasn't said anything on this circumstance, just Smith and his lawyer.
But what if Meyer did know? What's the problem?
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So the man who is one of the most powerful person not only in sports but also the state of Florida and Ohio - didn’t know of a DUI that any Joe Blow on a corner lot would have known? For such a powerful person, he sure doesn’t know a lot of what’s going on around him, right?
I don't know what Meyer knew or didn't. I'm just pointing out the fact that Meyer hasn't said anything on this circumstance, just Smith and his lawyer.
But what if Meyer did know? What's the problem?
Have you explored this with Buckeye Central?
Well done!
Outside of beating his wife, ordering sex toys to his office, photographing himself screwing around with another woman, & taking dick picks at the White House, Smith seems like a good dude.
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Outside of beating his wife, ordering sex toys to his office, photographing himself screwing around with another woman, & taking dick picks at the White House, Smith seems like a good dude. Link - ( New Window )
But Urb didnt know.