Ohio State trustee resigns, calls Meyer’s penalty too light

COLUMBUS, OHIO » An Ohio State University trustee who thought football coach Urban Meyer deserved more than a three-game suspension and resigned from the board over it said Thursday that he was alone in advocating a stiffer penalty when trustees discussed the matter.

Former board Chairman Jeffrey Wadsworth resigned after Ohio State suspended Meyer and athletic director Gene Smith last week following an investigation that found they had tolerated bad behavior for years from a now-fired assistant coach also accused of but not charged with domestic violence. Wadsworth told The New York Times on Thursday that he felt Meyer hadn’t demonstrated “high-integrity behavior.”

The findings included that Meyer should have told university officials about domestic violence allegations made against the assistant in 2015 and that Meyer intentionally misled reporters about what he knew when asked about the matter this summer.