queencitybuckeye;1109804 wrote:I just don't see what he gets for "winning" the battle should he choose to fight it. It's a spin on the old saying "is this a hill worth dying for", instead it's "is this a hill worth defending?".

The answer is there isn't a battle. There shouldn't be anything to defend. Just ignore the idiots questioning it, and carry on.

Manhattan Buckeye;1109840 wrote:The answer is there isn't a battle. There shouldn't be anything to defend. Just ignore the idiots questioning it, and carry on.

If he was the CEO of some big privately owned company, sure.

Fact is though, he is the head of a football program at a public university. That also technically makes him a public employee. The problem with that is, this group has many more options for taking this complaint to the next level. It's not worth it to ignore it. A man in his position HAS to address it, whether most think it is stupid or not.

I guess TCU should get rid of their purple uniforms, along with Washington and any other school that has purple as one of their school colors. Ridiculous

dwccrew;1111779 wrote:I guess TCU should get rid of their purple uniforms, along with Washington and any other school that has purple as one of their school colors. Ridiculous

Makes me wonder about my college. purple raiders

Jawbreaker;1111950 wrote:Makes me wonder about my college. purple raiders

LOL :laugh:

vball10set;1109202 wrote:Some people aren't happy unless they're bitching about something :rolleyes:

yep...we live in a society of pussies

He should be passing out urine and blue jerseys for the loafers.

f a g g o t s

This is a great story. It paints the perfect picture of what is wrong with our country. We bend over backwards to please the minorities. Well we shouldnt.

Urban should have said "When you people (sarcasm) make millions of dollars coaching this team, you can make the rules. Until then, STFU.

There is always some place that values your ideas and theories. Unfortunately, this isnt the place. If you dont like our views and values, move the f-ck out to one of those countries with the same viewpoints as yours."

We need to stop changing OUR viewpoints for someone else's. Forget hurting their feelings. Last I checked the gay acting kid in high school got hazed but he kept acting gay. His choice.

Now I know Urban would never say this, but I strongly believe he thought this way. I would have given him a standing O if he actually said that.

Glassy;1114717 wrote: Urban should have said "When you people (sarcasm) make millions of dollars coaching this team, you can make the rules. Until then, STFU.

Yes, he should have said something like this so it remained a story and a distraction from what he should be working on. :rolleyes:

He handled it exactly right. It's a non-issue that is taking up exactly zero minutes of his time.

Glassy;1114717 wrote:This is a great story. It paints the perfect picture of what is wrong with our country.

It's all the fault of the gheys?

FatHobbit;1114733 wrote:It's all the fault of the gheys?

I didnt say gays. I said minorities who cry foul every time their viewpoint isnt upheld. Plain and simple. Our country is dissolving because we keep compromising with too many groups of people.

Very dissapointed in Coach Meyer. If a reporter brought the group's complaint to his attention, he could has simply said, "I'm not even going to dignify that with a response. Next question." I think he set a terrible precedent by sending these people a letter.

ACE Hardware is totally ghey. Or they owe someone an apology.

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Speedofsand;1116637 wrote:ACE Hardware is totally ghey. Or they owe someone an apology.

Well done.

Dr Winston O'Boogie;1116148 wrote:Very dissapointed in Coach Meyer. If a reporter brought the group's complaint to his attention, he could has simply said, "I'm not even going to dignify that with a response. Next question." I think he set a terrible precedent by sending these people a letter.

Yes, because the first thing anyone should do as a high profile new hire anywhere is to completely ostracize a whole group of people.

LJ;1116948 wrote:Yes, because the first thing anyone should do as a high profile new hire anywhere is to completely ostracize a whole group of people.

I contend that he would not be ostracizing a whole group of people. Were I him, I would bet that most of the gay alumni community could give a hoot about this jersey. As with similar issues, it is the vocal minority that makes the stink. The problem with catering to their whining is that you then establish the pattern of responding to all manner of criticism no matter how ridiculous. Had Meyer refused to acknowledge this, I would be willing to bet that gay Buckeye fans would still be passionate supporters of the program. All he's done is feed into this mentality that some group has ownership of a color and therefore has final say in how the rest of us use such color. It is frankly hard to say that without laughing.

Some quarterbacks wair black or green jerseys during practice to protect them from hits. Does this practice somehow suggest that African Americans or Irish people are somehow not up to the rigors of the sport? I don't see how that is any more ridiculous.

Dr Winston O'Boogie;1116964 wrote:I contend that he would not be ostracizing a whole group of people. Were I him, I would bet that most of the gay alumni community could give a hoot about this jersey. As with similar issues, it is the vocal minority that makes the stink. The problem with catering to their whining is that you then establish the pattern of responding to all manner of criticism no matter how ridiculous. Had Meyer refused to acknowledge this, I would be willing to bet that gay Buckeye fans would still be passionate supporters of the program.

Maybe, maybe not. The problem is, you can't ostracize a group your first few months on the job. The group is not the "gay buckeye fans" the group is an actual gay outreach group on campus.

All he's done is feed into this mentality that some group has ownership of a color and therefore has final say in how the rest of us use such color. It is frankly hard to say that without laughing.

Maybe in your mind. I am 99% sure that the whole point of the response was to show that he cares what the OSU Community thinks about his program.

Some quarterbacks wair black or green jerseys during practice to protect them from hits. Does this practice somehow suggest that African Americans or Irish people are somehow not up to the rigors of the sport? I don't see how that is any more ridiculous.

Wair?

Anyway, I think the complaint is ridiculous, never said it wasn't. I have actually mentioned on this thread that the complaint is "weak" and made fun of the complaint (Next up, Barney). I just think that the position that Meyer is in, with the microscope on him locally and nationally, he did the right thing.

I agree its total bullshit Coach Meyer has to even respond to this but if I were him I would have the damn players that are dicking around in practice and not putting forth the effort the coaches desire to be the ones that respond to this weak shit. "Sorry scarlet and gay that we have been complete panzies in practice so we have to wear lavender jerseys, we will make sure it won't happen again"

Which Buckeye football player was offended?

LJ;1116971 wrote:Anyway, I think the complaint is ridiculous, never said it wasn't. I have actually mentioned on this thread that the complaint is "weak" and made fun of the complaint (Next up, Barney). I just think that the position that Meyer is in, with the microscope on him locally and nationally, he did the right thing.

We'll have to agree to disagree. He's in a prominent position and therefore he can set a positive example by essentially ignoring this nonsense. If he then offends a couple of people at Scarlet and Gay, so be it. My point is that I don't think he would risk alienating the homosexual community as most would see this for what it is.

I understand why he did what he did...likely for the same reasons you agree with. I just wish he would have established himself on this matter as a coach who doesn't tolerate BS stupid crap from media, or others. In my opinion, we're PC'ing ourselves to death. The result is that nothing is genuine anymore. If you include everyone in everything, there's no barometer to show what you really care about.

Dr Winston O'Boogie;1117369 wrote: I understand why he did what he did...likely for the same reasons you agree with.

The only reason he handled it the way he did was so that something not in his sphere of concern went away in the quickest possible time.

queencitybuckeye;1117378 wrote:The only reason he handled it the way he did was so that something not in his sphere of concern went away in the quickest possible time.

I understand that. I guess I can see why he did it this way - considering how new he is to things. I'd like to think that if it were to happen after he'd been here 5-10 years, he'd tell this group to go fly a kite.

Dr Winston O'Boogie;1117381 wrote:I understand that. I guess I can see why he did it this way - considering how new he is to things. I'd like to think that if it were to happen after he'd been here 5-10 years, he'd tell this group to go fly a kite.

In one way or another, I have no doubt that's how it would be.

Dr Winston O'Boogie;1117381 wrote:I understand that. I guess I can see why he did it this way - considering how new he is to things. I'd like to think that if it were to happen after he'd been here 5-10 years, he'd tell this group to go fly a kite.

To what gain? He wasn't hired as a social commentator, he's a football coach.