The headline immediately set off alarm bells here in our office: “Suspended Gymnastics Coach Speaks out: ‘I Cared Too Much’” That’s atop the New York Times’ profile of Maggie Haney, who has been forbidden to coach for eight years due to accusations of ‘berating and mistreating her athletes.’ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/30/sports/olympics/gymnastics-abuse-laurie-hernandez-haney.html?searchResultPosition=1 The claim of ‘caring too much’ has been used (abused?) by…
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Dioceses. Boy Scouts. USA Gymnastics: The Real Reason They’re Crying “BANKRUPTCY”
Increasingly, venerable institutions like the Boy Scouts, the USA Gymnastics and Catholic dioceses say they are going into bankruptcy because of child sex abuse and cover up lawsuits. So maybe it’s time to re-think those suits and the laws that enable them? To put it bluntly, that’s a crazy idea. Bear with us as we explain. For starters, let’s look…
USA Gymnastics Scandal: Failure to Report Sex Abuse Allegations
According to investigative reporting by the Indianapolis Star, USA Gymnastics failed to report allegations of sexual abuse by coaches to proper authorities. USA Gymnastics trains the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. Nationally, it includes more than 121,000 athletes and 3,000 gyms with its executive office in Indianapolis. USA Gymnastics has had the practice of not notifying authorities of sexual abuse allegations unless…