Well, that wasn’t exactly a banner week for Iowa athletics, was it? I mean, I guess it was in the truest sense of the term, but not quite the banner Hawkeyes fans hope for. As usual, the biggest news came in the 4pm Friday news dump. In case you’ve been totally disconnected from the world since then, The University of Iowa agreed to pay $6.5M to settle the upcoming case with Tracey Griesbaum and put the Jane Meyer case fully in the rearview mirror.
Yikes. That’s a few dollars. Nothing that will bankrupt the athletic department and given the potential for terrible press associated with the Griesbaum trial, coupled with its other recent troubles (Meyer, the critical audit), I think it was a wise choice to put this behind them as quickly as possible and try to move forward.