Andrew Fuller accused former USA Gymnastics coach Dr. George Drew of drugging and abusing him.
USAG on Twitter. (Jan 30th)
Category: safety
Jon Horton on the Nassar crimes
coach Cal Booker – great spotting
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Jessica O’Beirne – USAG Chose Medals Over Child Safety
A new way to look at the Nassar crimes and how he could conceal them for decades.
GymCastic founder Jessica O’Beirne:
No one believed the victims of Larry Nassar.
I can’t call them all survivors because not everyone survived.
No one believed the women and girls who for decades looked to adults and institutions for help ― and with the exception of three dedicated journalists at the Indianapolis Star and a few others who relentlessly beat the drum as most media ignored a sex abuse spree. …
The Nassar case isn’t only a story about a child molester. It’s a story about every person and institution that failed to stop him. …
Simone Biles on the TODAY Show
Valeri Liukin has resigned
Valeri Liukin has resigned as coordinator of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team. …
USA Gymnastics did not have an immediate response. …
Liukin acknowledged the turmoil was a factor in his decision to resign. …
“I was truly looking forward to trying to turn this program around and bring success to our country and the gymnastics community,” he wrote. “But the present climate causes me, and more importantly my family, far too much stress, difficulty and uncertainty.” …
Amanda Thomashow reported Nassar to MSU in 2014
Amanda Thomashow was the first woman to file an official Title IX complaint (2014) against Nassar accusing him of violating the school’s sexual harassment policy. …
In an investigative report prepared in response to her complaint, the school’s Title IX coordinator called Nassar’s methods a “liability” that exposed patients to unnecessary trauma. But that’s not what the school told Thomashow.
We cannot find that the conduct was of a sexual nature. Thus, it did not violate the sexual harassment policy.”
MSU ultimately sided with Nassar, concluding that his methods were medically appropriate. And, according to documents obtained by CNN, MSU gave Nassar and Thomashow different versions of that investigative report. Her version did not include the Title IX coordinator’s concerns. …
She filed a complaint against Larry Nassar in 2014. Nothing happened
MSU maintains that “no official there believed Nassar committed sexual abuse until newspapers began reporting on the allegations in the summer of 2016”.
MSU bungled Amanda’s complaint, investigation and report(s) in several ways. Ways that look like a cover-up to me.
gymternet fooled by Nassar as well
Nobody has pursued ethics, safety and human rights of gymnasts more doggedly than Jessica O’Beirne, founder of GymCastic.
Many of us wait for each week’s episode to get caught up on everything that’s happened on the Nassar crimes.
Yet Jess was fooled too.
… (GymCastic) interviewed Dr. Nassar in 2013 and has left the episode up in the podcast’s archive, albeit with an altered title, “Serial Pedophile Ex-Doctor Larry Nassar Interview.” …
She agrees with Mr. Barnes and Ms. Hopkins that she, too, was “groomed” by Dr. Nassar after he became a trusted source. “In the industry you get close to sources, and I think there was a delay in reporting because there was a delay in people thinking this could be true.” …
I can’t recall hearing a negative word about Nassar online dating back to before 2000. Until women began coming forward.
#conman
Twistars parent – not quitting
My Kid Loves Gymnastics. I Love My Kid. Now What?
Most competitive gymnasts in most clubs are training as usual. Getting ready for their upcoming competitions.
Twistars — at least for now — is no different.
alternatives to USAG
What happens if USAG is decertified?
What if they go broke due to lawsuits?
Tony Retrosi:
On social media there have been many people and groups calling for the decertification by the USOC of USA Gymnastics. If The USOC decides to decertify USAG all that means is that USAG will NOT be determining the Olympic Team.
USAG can still run the JO and Excel Program. They can still run educational workshops, congresses and conferences. BUT- if USAG does get decertified by the USOC, they may have lost the confidence of the American public and they will probably cease to exist.
What would our gyms do then?
We would continue doing what we do. Teaching gymnastics. We would associate ourselves with a different association.
I met this with with the President of the USAIGC to learn about their program and for my gymThe USAIGC seems to be our best alternative. …
Personally, I much prefer J.O. to the U.S. Independent Gymnastics Clubs WAG program.
Better would be launching a replacement for USAG.
USA Gymnastics, for example.
Open and transparent. Ethical. Safe.
One that might attract back sponsors to the sport.
related – some Clubs have not changed any policies in the wake of the Nassar crimes. That’s a big mistake.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 