Meyer suspended 3 games

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[Sports Enthusiast]

Yawn. Thought they'd oust Smith but so what Urban returms to a 3-0 team and will be on a mission.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Didn't expect him to be fired

And yeah he will be back on sidelines of a 3-0 team

 

[Canes]

About what I expected to begin with.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

So now instead of beating Oregon State like 77-3 they might win 56-13. GOD DAMNIT.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

What a surprise..Ohio State is a pro football team with something they call a 'college' operating as a front to collect public funding.

 

[GarbageGoal]

That'll show 'em.

 

[Canes]

"Urban Meyer is suspended through September 2, 2018, and for the games on September 1, 8, and 15 without pay"
So after the first game he's allowed to be with the team for everything except games?

Basically: "We think Urban is guilty and domestic violence is kinda wrong but he's such a good coach!"

If it were some guy like Butch Jones he would have been fired for sure.

 

[TNT87]

His heart couldn't take a four game suspension.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

"Urban Meyer is suspended through September 2, 2018, and for the games on September 1, 8, and 15 without pay"
So after the first game he's allowed to be with the team for everything except games?

Basically: "We think Urban is guilty and domestic violence is kinda wrong but he's such a good coach!"

If it were some guy like Butch Jones he would have been fired for sure.

Susoended players can practice, can't they?

You might be right but at the same time this comes down to beliefs. I don't believe in social media, I hate the idea of telling people your life and then butting into the lives of others. I hate law enforcement and I want the smallest government to basically none. What goes on in mt home isn't your business and what goes on in yours isn't my business. He could have told, what the person he told did is their choice. Police didn't charge Smith. So there is that. That's not Meyer's job to find out why not and then tell them what to do going forward. Butch Jones likely isn't winning you a national titke or making you mad money though so there's that. Nobody said domestic violence is okay but what goes on at someone else's home has zero to do with the football field.

Alo didn't help who that person was and their relationship. Personal and to the school.

 

[What the Faulk]

lol this isn't a punishment

 

[Reality Check]

Meyer was never going to be punished.

Ohio State fans can attest to what happened after they bounced another "moral" figure in Jim Tressel. They were able to luck out with Urban and understand what the bottom line is at that school.

 

[Zibanejbread]

Wow... ridiculous.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Pretty sweet for Urban

Gets a nice vacation and comes back to a 3-0 team

 

[Blitzkrug]

The NCAA (or i guess its teams) are a farce.

 

[Datsyukian Deke]

Of course, wouldn't expect anything less from the hairless nuts.

 

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Public Records related to the investigation into allegations involving Urban Meyer

(d) Coach Meyer maintains that shortly after the 2009 arrest, both Zach and Courtney Smith met with him in his office at Florida to inform him that the arrest of Zach Smith had been based on incorrect information provided to the authorities by Courtney Smith and that, in fact, Zach Smith had not hit or otherwise been violent toward Mrs. Smith. Courtney Smith denies ever meeting with Urban Meyer, although she recalls meeting with Shelley Meyer at that time. Courtney Smith maintains that she has never recanted her allegations to anyone. Zach Smith also recalls that only he met with Urban Meyer, but that Courtney Smith did not. Urban and Shelley Meyer referred the couple to a counselor.

(e) We find it more likely that only Zach Smith met with Coach Meyer in 2009, and that Courtney Smith likely did not recant her allegations of abuse at that time to Urban or Shelley Meyer, although it is clear that Courtney Smith decided not to pursue charges and that none were ever filed. Coach Meyer and Shelley Meyer took away from the 2009 events that Courtney Smith was not being entirely truthful when she called 911 to have Zach arrested.

 

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(b) Coach Meyer did not inform others at OSU about ZachSmith’s 2009 arrest. Coach Meyer has explained that he did not do so because no charges were filed and because he believed Zach Smith had not engaged in domestic violence in 2009.

 

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(i) In October 2015, Miechelle Willis, then the Deputy Title IX Coordinator for the Athletics Department, received information from the Ohio State Campus Police about the Powell Police investigation; Willis immediately notified AD Smith, who in turn notified Coach Meyer during a football practice that Zach Smith was under investigation for domestic violence and could be arrested at any time. AD Gene Smith recalls Coach Meyer having an immediate and strong negative reaction to this news;
(ii) AD Gene Smith directed Zach Smith to return immediately from a recruiting trip, and Coach Meyer, AD Gene Smith and others met with Zach Smith a number of times to discuss the issue and ongoing investigation. Zach Smith denied any domestic violence, and Coach Meyer told him that if “youhit her, you are fired.” AD Gene Smith also told Zach Smith that if charges were filed, he would be fired;
(iii) Coach Meyer assisted in arranging professional counseling for Zach Smith at this time; and
(iv) Meyer and Gene Smith monitored the Powell Police investigation regularly for a period of months.
(h) In June 2016, based on medical advice and direction from Coach Meyer, Zach Smith was admitted to a drug treatment facility for addiction to a stimulant prescription drug used to treat ADHD; AD Smith was unaware of this incident.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

That TCU game just got pretty interesting. Gary Patterson is a great coach and TCU will show up. Ryan Day will have his hands full.

 

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After reading that report, Meyer should be gone.

 

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[Voight]

Wonder if the NCAA does their own investigation and gives him a much more severe punishment?

They often appreciate when teams do their own (like L-Ville when they got caught in Escortgate) but with an issue as sensitive as domestic violence there are going to be calls for them to do their own inquiry.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

After reading that report, Meyer should be gone.

It's insane how the board read that and were ok with it. I just watched his performance apology. Not once did he mention Courtney Smith.