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The Ohio State Athletics Department on Wednesday issued a tweet titled "Silence the White Noise", which sparked criticism based on the recent scandal involving head coach Urban Meyer:
The team won the tweet by posting this statement on Thursday:
Ohio State Buckeyes @OhioStAthletics
As we did in the past and in preparation for the match on Saturday, we sent a message to our fans via social media of football. The message was interpreted in a way that we had absolutely no intention and we removed it from our chains.
Meyer was suspended for three games for his mismanagement of domestic violence allegations against former assistant coach Zach Smith.
However, the team left the tweet for more than 24 hours and noted that the statement was referring to Saturday's road match at Penn State.
"This message is the same as the one we used before the 2016 Penn State whitening match," said football spokesman Jerry Emig on Thursday by Dan Murphy of ESPN. "And this message is meant for our team to play really well to silence an incredible crowd of folks at Penn State."
Although the tweet refers to the key game between two of the top 10 teams, he was still perceived as deaf considering the recent problems of the program.
Brenda Tracy @Brendatracy24
Even though this is a game, in the light of tOSU's domestic violence and sexual assault scandals, this is inappropriate.
Messaging is important.
#SetTheExpectation https://t.co/2gnFz86OaU
Astead @AsteadWesley
Ohio State Football, recently out of a scandal where their beloved coach admitted to not having talked to a domestic abuser, has launched a new marketing campaign called "Silence".
"Silence the white noise." https://t.co/hUwNFY5sno
"It's promotional art for a great game" Jason Kirk from SB Nation wrote. "But it was not a wise choice for Ohio State's situation as a program."
Meyer left the suspension last week against Tulane and will again be the head coach of the game against Nittany's Lions.
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