The unsuspecting coach was at a family meal that included his grandchildren when he was lured next door by some ne'er-do-wells who had dancing on their mind, a tale as old as time ...
Curious if your comparison is like the Ray Rice video. Video drive this stuff home. The NFL, imo, turned a bit of a blind eye if it was on someone who can contribute. With Meyers, the past issues lacked the video,Agree that it’s personal and makes him look bad. But this time, his whole “body of work” is driven home with the video discretion evidence.
With Ray Rice, video changed the perception of that specific incident. It showed what actually happened, and in that way forced people to deal with visual evidence of what had been previously described in a police report.
In this case, it's video of something else entirely that has evoked a strong reaction, and it caused me to question why people are so quick to demand his job after this personal indiscretion as opposed to demanding he be fired as opposed to how he managed the accusations of domestic violence against one of his assistant coaches.
The point that you make about video is a valid question. How much does that impact -- or enhance -- our reaction. Because the reality is that we shouldn't need to see video of a man striking a woman to understand how severe that is. We shouldn't have to see video to know that Meyer's evasiveness, claims to not remember accusations of domestic violence against an assistant should keep him from being hired to supervise people.
I worried that it would come across as if I'm comparing the underlying issues of Donald Sterling and Urban Meyer. I absolutely wasn't. Sterling's racism was evident for years, and the league had an obligation to do something much sooner than it did especially given the anti-trust exemptions. In much of the business world, a prospective employee would at least have the freedom to choose not to work for an employer in a given industry with a demonstrated history of racism. A Black player drafted by Sterling's Clippers had to play for that team if he wanted to play in the NBA.
I am interested by the idea of WHEN we decide someone needs to be tossed out of a given industry, though, because it seems to be the public shame produced by recorded evidence in these two instances brought more pressure than written accounts of patterns of behavior that produced much more harm to specific individuals. Thanks for reading Tom!
As always, your perspective on an issue is refreshing. Why should drunk dancing be the straw that breaks Urban Meyer's "back" (hiring), when a darker trail of destructive leadership "choices" doesn't?
Curious if your comparison is like the Ray Rice video. Video drive this stuff home. The NFL, imo, turned a bit of a blind eye if it was on someone who can contribute. With Meyers, the past issues lacked the video,Agree that it’s personal and makes him look bad. But this time, his whole “body of work” is driven home with the video discretion evidence.
With Ray Rice, video changed the perception of that specific incident. It showed what actually happened, and in that way forced people to deal with visual evidence of what had been previously described in a police report.
In this case, it's video of something else entirely that has evoked a strong reaction, and it caused me to question why people are so quick to demand his job after this personal indiscretion as opposed to demanding he be fired as opposed to how he managed the accusations of domestic violence against one of his assistant coaches.
The point that you make about video is a valid question. How much does that impact -- or enhance -- our reaction. Because the reality is that we shouldn't need to see video of a man striking a woman to understand how severe that is. We shouldn't have to see video to know that Meyer's evasiveness, claims to not remember accusations of domestic violence against an assistant should keep him from being hired to supervise people.
Totally agree
Excellent article
An accurate and noteworthy comparison.
I worried that it would come across as if I'm comparing the underlying issues of Donald Sterling and Urban Meyer. I absolutely wasn't. Sterling's racism was evident for years, and the league had an obligation to do something much sooner than it did especially given the anti-trust exemptions. In much of the business world, a prospective employee would at least have the freedom to choose not to work for an employer in a given industry with a demonstrated history of racism. A Black player drafted by Sterling's Clippers had to play for that team if he wanted to play in the NBA.
I am interested by the idea of WHEN we decide someone needs to be tossed out of a given industry, though, because it seems to be the public shame produced by recorded evidence in these two instances brought more pressure than written accounts of patterns of behavior that produced much more harm to specific individuals. Thanks for reading Tom!
As always, your perspective on an issue is refreshing. Why should drunk dancing be the straw that breaks Urban Meyer's "back" (hiring), when a darker trail of destructive leadership "choices" doesn't?