When the school newspaper asked for emails and text messages from Meyer’s phone, the university failed to respond. We accept that in July 2018 Coach Meyer was deeply absorbed in football season and wanted to focus on football at Big Ten Media Days. All of these factors also need to be considered and weighed in assessing Coach Meyer’s mind-set on July 24. Meyer added a ‘morality clause' to the coaching manual after Zach Smith spent $600 at a strip club on a recruiting trip. on any university issued computer, phone, IPad, etc.” Coach Meyer did not, however, report this incident to Athletic Compliance.

Source: New York Times August 23, 2018 17:03 UTC