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Ohio State released the summary of the investigation into Urban Meyer on Wednesday night and there’s a lot in it. The 23-page report contains myriad details that weren’t covered in Wednesday evening’s news conference announcing the suspensions. The report details the investigation’s findings and attempts to justify why Meyer and Gene Smith were suspended. Let’s dive in. Investigators said they didn’t find any text messages older than a year on Meyer’s phone during their investigation. The phone was obtained by Ohio State on Aug. 2, the day after Meyer was placed on leave. On Aug. 1, investigators noted that director of football operations Brian Voltolini told Meyer about a story that included text messages between Zach Smith’s ex-wife Courtney and Meyer’s wife Shelley. Voltolini called it a “bad article.” The two had a conversation about who could obtain the texts on Meyer’s phone and how the settings could be adjusted on it to delete text messages older than a year. However, the report said it could not be concluded that Meyer’s phone wasn’t already set to that setting. The report also states that Ohio State officials did not attempt to comply with Freedom of Information Act requests regarding communication between Meyer and Smith.
Yahoo Sports
The University of South Carolina has violated state law by not turning over public records requested by The State in a timely manner, according to S.C. law and open-government advocates. The State submitted a public records request on March 23 seeking a list of addresses, sale prices and current uses for all properties that USC, its foundations and other affiliated entities own. For records that are less than two years old, state agencies have 10 business days to say whether they intend to grant the request and 30 calendar days after that to fulfill the request, according to the S.C. Freedom of Information Act. For records that are older than that, agencies have 20 business days to respond to the request and 35 calendar days after that to fulfill the request, according to the law. As of Wednesday, it has been 109 business days since the initial request, and 137 calendar days since the 10-day response deadline. USC has not provided the records.
The State
On March 31, 1996, legendary Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt led the Vols to their fourth NCAA championship with a victory against Georgia. To get there, the Vols beat Connecticut 88-83 in overtime in the semifinals two days earlier in Tennessee's fourth game against UConn and first victory against the Huskies. Days after the championship, Summitt and Tennessee received letters from a seemingly unhinged UConn fan, intended to threaten and possibly extort Summitt, according to FBI files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act for a special Freedom of the Press Foundation transparency project called "FOIA the Dead."
USA Today
Somebody with a lot of money wants copies of the ballots Michiganders cast for president in 2016. All of them. Clerks across Michigan are reporting receiving identical Freedom of Information Act requests seeking copies of the ballots and other records from the election in which almost 4.8 million Michiganders voted. It is signed by someone named Emily, with no last name given. The request asks that the records be sent to United Action Group at a post office box in Astoria, New York. It lists a phone number and an email.
Detroit Free Press
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