re: OVERREACTING is the worst...Urban didn’t beat anyone

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Comparing him to Paterno is nonsense though

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Yeah I agree.

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Urban Meyer did not violate any provision of Title IX (the wife was not an employee of the university and the abuse did not occur in the coaches job capacity) and there is no Ohio law mandating the reporting of suspected spousal abuse

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I’m not so sure this is true. Three of the four people were employed by the university. If Meyer was aware that an employee of the university, his coach, was involved in domestic abuse I think he has to report it. I believe the scope of Title IX involves off-campus issues as well. That’s from my training videos I have to suffer through every year. In other words, if Meyer’s wife told him that there was abuse by another employee I think he has to report it. The same as if a student reported abuse to a professor.

The reality though is that Title IX is convoluted and I’m sure lawyers can argue both sides. Meyer should have done both the correct thing and the CYA thing by reporting it.

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Honest question here - if your subordinate walks up to his wife at a BBQ and knocks her arse out, but she refuses to press charges, would you keep him employed since he isn't convicted of a crime?

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Was this in the boss’s presence? Than yes.

Was this an allegation brought by someone the following Monday morning? I guess i would call the wife and ask her to come see her husbands boss so i could look her over and see if she has any bruising. Once I see said bruising, i would then make a citizens arrest and place my employee in a car and drive him the nearest precinct wherein i would press the charges and let the employee know he is fired.

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His obligations under OSU policy notwithstanding, it's comical how casual some of you are about domestic violence.

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Urban's wife Shelley was also an OSU employee and she had the same obligation as Urban to report it. There is no way she has plausible deniability as she was texting the victim. Are we to suspend belief so far as to believe Urban did not know what was going on since 2009. BS

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Shelley Meyer is a registered nurse and instructor of Clinical Practice at the Ohio State University College of Nursing. She too is bound by Title IX standards.

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Urban's wife is a OSU employee too

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This age we are in needs to pass into the books posts haste. The man about to be fired didn’t beat anyone. In addition to all of his other responsibilities, he’s also supposed to be the moral police and regular police as it relates to allegations of third party actions towards a spouse. Ridiculous.

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Urban covered up domestic violence. Contractually (Article 1.5 in his contract I believe) states he is responsible for his staff conducting themselves with behavior consistent with OSU core values. He is the head football coach of Ohio State University. With great power comes great responsibility. If you don't understand individuals in certain positions being held to a higher standard, even contractually, then I can't help you.

This is not T-boy beatin' Pookie arse and Peanut don't say shite to the plant manager

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But let’s actully use a hypothetical related to this case

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You bring your employee in. He tells you she is nuts and that’s a lie and she is a crazy woman doing this to ruin him for a custody battle

You find out the cops let him go without an arrest or a charge

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That's not what happened here.

The guy had abuse accusations going back to 2009 while at UF with Urban. Woman had visible bruises. All the wives knew about it in 2015. Urban keeps him on the staff regardless.

I know the point you're trying to make, but drawing some hard and fast line at no charges, no firing is a bad policy. There are plenty of times it's acceptable to let someone go despite a lack of criminal charges/conviction.

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Woman had visible bruises. All the wives knew about it in 2015. Urban keeps him on the staff regardless.

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And yet the cops still didn’t charge or arrest him.....

She claims in Columbus she had visible bruises, which one wife says “and the cops still let him go?”

So either the cops were dirty, or she is lying

A 19 minute interview with the abused wife should explain some details some here may be lacking

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You still fire him?

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Even if I think the issue is settled, I at least take the issue to my HR/legal department to make sure I’m covered and the multi-million dollar organization isn’t at risk.