If you dont know who Urban Meyer is by now its you
Look at all the outrage, all the sanctimonious nutjobs jumping on poor, misunderstood Urban Meyer.Whats the confusion?This is who Meyer is. If you dont know it by now, its your own damn fault.MORE: | You didnt really think Meyer was going to take a stand and make a statement with the one player, more than any other, he has praised as
New York Mets T-Shirts the role model for all that is good and pure about college athletes, did you?His starting quarterback. His team captain. His last piece to the now convoluted puzzle of repeating as national champion.Thats not going to happen, people. Not now, not years ago at Florida, not years into the future at Ohio State.Heres why of driving while
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Neil Walker Jersey player who has history with domestic violence (Nick Saban), or keeps a player convicted of a sault (Les Miles), or finds the easy way out in a punishment for the scourge that is drinking and driving.It happens all over the nation, and is simply magnified for those who hold themselves as something else. Thats Urban Meyers greatest fault.Not some puny punishment.