Rosie

Rosie

History books will one day cite this as the deathknell of market-based capitalism:

Disagree. Mings look just the briefest of glances down and knew he was about to butter a man-bun with the bottom of his cleats.

“...he jumped into my...”

1000%. I feel (almost?) hysterical comparing this to Vatican-level knowingly protecting abusers, but then again...nah. Coaches who get results are protected by USAG, period. I grew up in this shit, was competing upper level in the ‘90s for a gym housing one of these fuckers. Not only was he a complete asshole, it was…

I would think it’s very similar to Joe Paterno’s involvement in the Penn State case. They knew something was happening, didn’t care because winning trumps all. Without their blessing, nobody was ever going to stop it from within.

4) Punishment for any crimes uncovered by the investigation is burning at the stake or being pressed.

We Are USA GYM— I mean, We Are PENN STATE!

I completely agree. And I think we desperately need to rework the way mandated reporting works. As it stands now, it’s enough for people to simply report something once to a superior and then wash their hands of it (how your conscience could let you do that is beyond me). It’s how you get Penn State situations where…

If the answer is “no” then they were incompetent managers imo.

Times when it’s a good idea to worry if the investigation is a witch hunt

As a parent of a young gymnast you can be damn sure we are keeping a close eye for any shit in her gym. Ain’t no “internal investigation” going to keep me from taking a coach out that does this to my kid. No scholarship or international competition is worth it.

Perhaps in Salem Ma. the term “witch hunt” is still a cottage industry but don’t be concerned as the rest of this country will soon bring back the action of a “public lynching” with a mob like cheerfulness.

Yeah, but witch hunts are supposed to go against vulnerable, often young, women — not MEN!

I’m always amazed when protecting the criminals’ privacy gets higher priority than protecting the victims.

So any idea if Bela and Marta Karolyi could be complicit in ignoring and covering all of this up?

Like hell does USA Gymnastics believe one instance of abuse is too many. They believe one instance of abuse shouldn’t really be taken too seriously, best to hope the situation resolves itself. Oh, what’s that, ten more victims? Well, this coach really is otherwise an upstanding member of the gymnastics community, but…