Right in the middle of the Rose Bowl, Ohio State defensive back Marcus Williamson started tweeting that he had retired from the team and sport.
That’s interesting enough, but he then went on to make allegations about the Ohio State coaching staff and the way they treated him and other black players. Specifically, he called our former head coach Urban Meyer and said that he once used a photo of Trayvon Martin in a PowerPoint presentation to drive home the team’s “no hoods” policy. Martin infamously was killed during an incident that started when he was seen wearing a hoodie and assumed to be some kind of criminal.
Jeff Snook, who has written several books about Ohio State, said in a Facebook post on Sunday that he had reached out to Meyer to confirm the allegation. Meyer responded by saying that he did have a team rule against hats, hoodies, and sunglasses in team meetings, but adamantly denied using a photo of Martin.
Other Ohio State players have made public statements defending Meyer from the allegation.
Meyer has been harshly judged in the court of public opinion recently. His short tenure with the Jacksonville Jaguars was marked with a viral video fiasco, many reports of disagreements with players, an allegation of physically assaulting a player, and allegations of verbally abusing assistant coaches. So unfortunately for him, the allegations are easy for a lot of people to accept. However, there definitely appear to be two strong sides to this story, true or not.
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