Urban Meyer has not learned anything about violence against women.
He's said he has a zero-tolerance policy. He's put it on a wall inside the Ohio State football facility. But he does not seem to understand the fundamental and life-altering act of domestic violence itself — and, most importantly, that a woman who has alleged abuse, both physically and emotionally, by her now ex-husband is the real victim in this very complicated case coming out of Columbus, Ohio.
Meyer is not the victim, no matter how much he'd like to paint himself as such, lamenting how difficult it's been for him to be away from football practice for three weeks.
Courtney Smith is the victim here. And hers was a name that was not uttered once by Meyer during Wednesday night's news conference to announce his three-game suspension. It was not uttered by Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith. It was not uttered by university president Michael V. Drake.
When Meyer was asked, point-blank, what he would like to say to Courtney Smith on Wednesday, he said, "I have a message for everyone involved. I'm sorry we're in this situation."
