OSU Tells Alumni Groups Not To Publicly Criticize The School

Ohio State University is requiring its roughly 150 alumni clubs and societies to stay silent when it comes to disparaging comments about the school, or risk losing money and other perks. Most are signing on. The move comes two years after the school fired its marching band director after an internal investigation found a "sexualized culture" in the band. That prompted one of its most visible alumni groups to speak against the university and offer the fired employee public relations and legal help. The university tells The Associated Press the band controversy isn't connected to the alumni group changes, which began months before Jon Waters' firing. Ohio State says it's an effort to protect its multibillion-dollar brand.