Urban Meyer: Anyone paying attention to this?
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:45 pm
Because I've been following it and I'm stunned how this parallels Trump and his supporters.
Ohio State fired a coach because of a domestic violence police report this year. The wife claims there was an incident in 2015 and no one from the football program did anything about it because there was no arrest.
Meyer flat out lies to a journalist about knowing his assistant was beating his wife in 2015. He said this was the first time he's heard anything about 2015. He then mocks the sports journalist for asking the question saying he doesn't know who would come up with a story like that, insisting that if he had known at the time he would have made a coaching change long ago.
So the next day the abused wife shared cell phone texts proving Urban Meyer's wife was aware of the abuse. Those texts included photos of the abuse.
Immediately the Ohio Nation fan base began to divide, with what seems like a large minority of them attacking the abused woman, insisting she was lying about everything and then Alex Jones type rumors starting coming up on the sports forums saying she is crazy, has had multiple DUIs, has called 911 so many times the cops no longer pay her any attention, etc.
Ohio State puts Urban Meyer on paid administrative leave while they investigate.
The next day Urban Meyer released a statement written by his lawyers contradicting his claim in the interview. Now he is saying that he DID know about the abuse in 2015, but he did everything he was supposed to do because he reported it to the Athletic Director.
When people start criticizing him for lying about it the first time, his defenders insist he was justified because he was only lying to "the media." Because you see, this is a problem with the MEDIA blowing things up and reporting on things they don't know.
As it is the school is in the middle of an investigation they said would last about 2 weeks. In the meantime the victim is shamed, the proven liar (Meyer) is given a pass and the real villain is the media.
Sound familiar?
Ohio State fired a coach because of a domestic violence police report this year. The wife claims there was an incident in 2015 and no one from the football program did anything about it because there was no arrest.
Meyer flat out lies to a journalist about knowing his assistant was beating his wife in 2015. He said this was the first time he's heard anything about 2015. He then mocks the sports journalist for asking the question saying he doesn't know who would come up with a story like that, insisting that if he had known at the time he would have made a coaching change long ago.
So the next day the abused wife shared cell phone texts proving Urban Meyer's wife was aware of the abuse. Those texts included photos of the abuse.
Immediately the Ohio Nation fan base began to divide, with what seems like a large minority of them attacking the abused woman, insisting she was lying about everything and then Alex Jones type rumors starting coming up on the sports forums saying she is crazy, has had multiple DUIs, has called 911 so many times the cops no longer pay her any attention, etc.
Ohio State puts Urban Meyer on paid administrative leave while they investigate.
The next day Urban Meyer released a statement written by his lawyers contradicting his claim in the interview. Now he is saying that he DID know about the abuse in 2015, but he did everything he was supposed to do because he reported it to the Athletic Director.
When people start criticizing him for lying about it the first time, his defenders insist he was justified because he was only lying to "the media." Because you see, this is a problem with the MEDIA blowing things up and reporting on things they don't know.
As it is the school is in the middle of an investigation they said would last about 2 weeks. In the meantime the victim is shamed, the proven liar (Meyer) is given a pass and the real villain is the media.
Sound familiar?
