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Deron Snyder is an award-winning journalist and Washington Times sports columnist with more than 25 years of experience. He has worked at USA Today and his column was syndicated in Gannett's 80-plus newspapers from 2000-2009, appearing in The Arizona Republic, The Indianapolis Star, The Detroit News and many others. Follow Deron on Twitter @DeronSnyder or email him at deronwashtimes@gmail.com.

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FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2016, file photo, Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer, right, and then-assistant coach Zach Smith, left, gesture from the sidelines during an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. What has transpired over the last three weeks at Ohio State should be a lesson to all coaches. Your football program is not a family. Urban Meyer treated Zach Smith like family, and it almost cost one of the most accomplished coaches in college football his job. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) **FILE**

Urban Meyer deserves more than a wrist slap

Ohio State's punishment of Meyer isn't a wrist slap; it's a love tap. It's a wink-and-nod. It's the administration telling us that Meyer's pristine won-loss record is more important than his smudge-filled ethics record.

August 27, 2018
A member of the black student protest group Concerned Student 1950 gestures while addressing a crowd following the announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign, at the university in Columbia, Mo., in this Nov. 9, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

SNYDER: Amateur athletes have leverage

How will you react when an amateur team -- perhaps your favorite or alma mater - decides to sit out rather than suit up? What will you think about the players who choose to take a stand rather than take the field?

August 20, 2018
Connecticut Sun guard Jasmine Thomas (5) drives past Las Vegas Aces guard Kelsey Plum (10) in the first half half of WNBA basketball game action Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, in Uncasville, Conn. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP) **FILE**

SNYDER: Aces deserve benefit of a doubt

If I had purchased tickets to Friday's Mystics-Aces game, I think I'd prefer a refund and tickets to a future game, as opposed to watching a team that spent 25 of the past 30 hours at airports or on a plane.

August 8, 2018
FILE - In this April 14, 2018, file photo, Ohio Setate coach Urban Meyer watches the NCAA college football team's spring game in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State has placed Meyer on paid administrative leave while it investigates claims that his wife knew about allegations of abuse against an assistant coach years before he was fired last week. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

Urban Meyer discovers indifference not an option

Considering the Ohio State coach's 180-degree turn on domestic abuse allegations against a former assistant, we don't know if his next utterance will be a half-truth or a whole lie.

August 6, 2018
Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner (7) fields a ground ball during a baseball game against the New York Mets at Nationals Park, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trea Turner, Josh Hader must help those still in the dark

Athletes like Turner and Hader shouldn't wait until ancient social media posts are unearthed before declaring which side they're on. Instead being defined by old tweets, join the fight against real-time affronts all around us.

August 1, 2018
Washington Nationals relief pitcher Jeremy Hellickson, right, and catcher Spencer Kieboom talk on the mound during the third inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Sunday, July 29, 2018, in Miami. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Head, heart disagree on Nationals

The heart says don't give up on the Nationals' core. Resist the urge to be sellers as the MLB trade deadline approaches. If you must go down, do so fighting in possibly your last season with Bryce Harper. The head says ... I don't know.

July 30, 2018
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, right, runs a drill past quarterback Lamar Jackson during an NFL football practice at the team's headquarters in Owings Mills, Md., Tuesday, June 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Joe Flacco gives Ravens time to groom Lamar Jackson

Joe Flacco is better than the dreadful Tom Savage who played ahead of Deshaun Watson and, at this point, Watson is better than Jackson. No matter the ardent objections of Flacco's numerous critics, there's no need for Baltimore to rush a transition to the Lamar Jackson Era.

July 25, 2018
Former NFL player Terrell Owens arrives at the ESPY Awards at Microsoft Theater on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Terrell Owens in a class by himself even as a Hall of Famer

Terrell Owens is one of the greatest NFL receivers ever, period. He's also one of the strangest NFL players ever, period. The latter has no bearing on the former, or at least it shouldn't. But Owens continually proves he's in a class by himself, which will be the case during the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Aug. 4.

July 18, 2018
Washington Nationals' Daniel Murphy reacts after he hit a single that drove in two runs during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, early Monday, June 25, 2018, in Washington. The Nationals won 8-6. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Nationals may finally have to scratch and claw for division title

Washington was in third place when it headed to Tampa following Sunday's win against Philadelphia, three games behind the first-place Braves and Phillies. It's an unusual spot at an unusual juncture; June 24 marks the latest Washington has been third since 2013. We're simply not used to the Nats scratching and clawing for a chance to reside atop the division. This is awesome!

June 25, 2018
Kelly Oubre Jr., right, poses for photos with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after being selected 15th overall by the Atlanta Hawks during the NBA basketball draft, Thursday, June 25, 2015, in New York. Oubre was traded on draft night to the Washington Wizards (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) **FILE**

NBA shows less is more with draft, unlike NFL counterpart

A couple of months ago, the NFL unleashed an unprecedented amount of broadcast coverage for its annual draft, flooding the airwaves of ESPN, NFL Network, Fox and ABC, while airing every round on network TV for the first time. Thank goodness the NBA doesn't take the same approach. The league's draft begins -- and ends -- on Thursday.

June 20, 2018