Let me throw some scenarios out there:
“Herman tips off the media.”
For argument’s sake, let’s say that he did. Is that an issue? I don’t see it. Should he have gone to Meyer instead? Well, if UM knew about the issue and was not addressing it, what good would it have been for Herman to go to UM? None.
Should Herman have gone to the OSU administration if he knew? If Meyer had not informed them, Herman making that contact would have been a mess because “everyone” would complain that he (Herman) should have gone to Meyer. But he couldn’t. See above.
Is there a problem providing financal aid to Courtney Smith? I don’t see it. The Hermans can do whatever they want with their money, including helping a friend of Michelle’s.
Should the Hermans have gone to Perrin (or Del Conte) with the information they (may have) possessed? That would have opened up a can of worms for the University of Texas. So I say, probably not. But what a dilemma.
Was Michelle the source of the tip? Perhaps. If so, I have no problem with it. She may have saved a life...
I’m not seeing any culpability regardless of what the Hermans did or didn’t do. In fact, if they did get involved, discounting the politics of the situation, they probably did the right thing. Meyer apparently didn’t.
It’s spin city and Defcon 1 coverup mode in Columbus, and blaming Herman is a just a diversion. But then again, they need all the diversions they can create.
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