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Like others I just hate hearing stories like this.  First and foremost I hate that a woman was abused for years.  No matter what else happens, that is the story that needs to be understood, remembered, and acted upon.

I have no idea what else went on, I suppose time will tell, but man, I just hope and pray for a time when we can get past where beating up on less powerful people is commonplace.

Few can put that above the sports impact.  Way of life

Politics? cause I said witch hunt...OOOOOOHHHHH

Hah!

Reese Davis is reporting the Administrative Leave isn't to investigate Myer's knowledge of the abuse or not, but to finalize his termination.

I just want Due Process! Not a court of public opinion conviction.

I don't think the #metoo movement's desire is for the guy who knew about the guy beating up his wife to lose his job, but for the abuser to be imprisoned for what he did.



I listened to the ESPN college football podcast today, and came away feeling gross.  Not by anything that Meyer did, but by what whores ESPN (and all 'news' outlets) and what whores we are to the daily, ongoing news cycle.  Smith should be the one held over a fire right now.  He committed the crimes.  He's the garbage human being.  But how things are, we find the bad apple and scan the entire tree, ravenously searching for the most important apple on it, then attacking it instead of the bad apple.




Meyer should lose his job because he knew something EVERYONE involved knew?  Why?  Because he lied?  Who here hasn't lied twice today?  This is stupid and lets the garbage human being abuser piece of shit become the backseat story...which is wrong.

I don't think the #metoo movement's desire is for the guy who knew about the guy beating up his wife to lose his job, but for the abuser to be imprisoned for what he did.



I listened to the ESPN college football podcast today, and came away feeling gross.  Not by anything that Meyer did, but by what whores ESPN (and all 'news' outlets) and what whores we are to the daily, ongoing news cycle.  Smith should be the one held over a fire right now.  He committed the crimes.  He's the garbage human being.  But how things are, we find the bad apple and scan the entire tree, ravenously searching for the most important apple on it, then attacking it instead of the bad apple.




Meyer should lose his job because he knew something EVERYONE involved knew?  Why?  Because he lied?  Who here hasn't lied twice today?  This is stupid and lets the garbage human being abuser piece of shit become the backseat story...which is wrong.

Honestly, I’m pretty much with you on this.  This is the downside of being rich and famous.  If a manager at Denny’s handles the exact same situation the exact same way with one of his cashiers and his boss finds out it’s not even an issue.  It’s “Eh, it’s really none of our business anyway.”
But Meyer isn’t the manager at a Denny’s.  He’s the very public face of the multi-million dollar corporation that is Ohio St football and now the world knows he lied about it.  And when we find out a public figure lied we are supposed to act shocked and dismayed.
If I were Ohio St I’d roll Meyer out and just let him get barbecued at a press conference for about an hour.  Admit he lied.  He wasn’t sure what to do.  It was a difficult situation.  Suspend him a game or two and then reinstate him.
Like someone else said, eventually the news cycle would shift, Ohio St would resume winning games, and people would just sort of move on.

This blurred line between journalistic reporting and talking-head, tie-wearing "what if" garbage is a societal problem.



People aren't smart enough to tell when they're listening to a journalist or a commentator, period.  

Most "news" is talking head opinions.  I'm not defending him, I was just scaling back any discussion that his words were an actual report