{"id":1185042,"date":"2022-01-03T21:34:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T02:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1185042"},"modified":"2022-01-03T21:34:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T02:34:55","slug":"urban-meyer-denies-using-trayvon-martin-in-anti-hoodie-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/urban-meyer-denies-using-trayvon-martin-in-anti-hoodie-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Meyer Denies Using Trayvon Martin in Anti-Hoodie Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Furban-meyer-denies-using-trayvon-martin-in-anti-hoodie-presentation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1185042&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has flat out denied that he used a photo of Trayvon Martin to warn students against wearing hoodies, hats, and sunglasses in class.<\/p>\n<p>In a New Year\u2019s Day tweet, former player Marcus Williamson (class of 2021) accused Meyer of using the photo of the teen shot and killed in Florida in 2012 as an example of how not to dress during class in a Powerpoint presentation this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Trayvon Martin was, of course, wearing a hoodie at the time George Zimmerman confronted him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My first team meeting. (True story 2017) This photo was presented to us via PowerPoint to institute our building wide rule of \u201cno hoods\u201d in the building <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bGdJVZaEVT\">pic.twitter.com\/bGdJVZaEVT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marcus Williamson (@WW_Marcus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WW_Marcus\/status\/1477450297018654720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Urban was asked about the matter, but he thoroughly denied it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur team rule was no hats or hoodies or sunglasses of any kind but only in team meetings, just so we could see their eyes and make sure they were paying attention and not asleep,\u201d Meyer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=10219948525052344&amp;id=1498798014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Ohio State reporter Jeff Snook. \u201cWe did not and never would show a picture of Trayvon Martin. My gosh, no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Urban added that the accusation is \u201cabsolutely false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is absolutely false, and you can check with any other player on my teams during that time to confirm what I am saying,\u201d Urban continued. \u201cOther players know what he is saying is false. I would never do that. He is crossing the line here. It seems people are just piling on now. But that never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thus far, no other student \u2014 current or former \u2014 has stepped up to confirm Williamson\u2019s claim or Urban\u2019s denial.<\/p>\n<p>The Jacksonville Jaguars fired Meyer after a disastrous few months as an NFL head coach.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/03213451\/head-coach-urban-meyer-of-the-jacksonville-jaguars-as-seen-on-the-picture-id1356416733\" alt=\"Head coach Urban Meyer of the Jacksonville Jaguars as seen on the sidelines during the game against the Atlanta Falcons at TIAA Bank Field on...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA \u2013 NOVEMBER 28: Head coach Urban Meyer of the Jacksonville Jaguars as seen on the sidelines during the game against the Atlanta Falcons at TIAA Bank Field on November 28, 2021 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Meyer annoyed Jags owner Shad Khan for hiring strength coach Chris Doyle, who has been accused of being a racist. He also launched a failed effort to hire former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow as a tight end, a position that he had never played.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has flat out denied that he used a photo of Trayvon Martin to warn students against wearing hoodies, hats, and sunglasses in class. 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