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Eugene

(61,900 posts) Fri Jan 26, 2018, 04:32 PM Jan 2018

USA Gymnastics board to resign amid sex abuse scandal: spokeswoman

LBN thread: USOC gives USA Gymnastics board six days to resign or federation will be decertified

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Source: Reuters

#POLITICS JANUARY 26, 2018 / 5:51 AM / UPDATED 30 MINUTES AGO

USA Gymnastics board to resign amid sex abuse scandal: spokeswoman

Jonathan Allen, David Shepardson
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(Reuters) - The remaining directors of USA Gymnastics will resign following revelations that the former national team doctor sexually abused female athletes, complying with a demand from the U.S. Olympic Committee, a spokeswoman for gymnastics group said on Friday.

The doctor, Larry Nassar, was handed an effective life prison sentence this week, following days of emotional statements by gymnasts, including Olympic medalists Aly Raisman and Simone Biles.

The USOC had threatened to strip the group of its power to run its sport if the remaining 16 directors did not resign by Wednesday. Five have already resigned as a result of the scandal.

“USA Gymnastics will comply with the USOC requirements,” Leslie King, a spokeswoman for USA Gymnastics, said in an e-mail on Friday.

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USA Gymnastics board to resign amid sex abuse scandal: spokeswoman (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2018 OP

My Question: How will the new board members be selected? MineralMan Jan 2018 #1

Honestly, it needs to be burned to the ground and start over from salted ground. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2018 #2

Thorough background checks MontanaMama Jan 2018 #3

Make teh board be pro athlete obamanut2012 Jan 2018 #4

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

1. My Question: How will the new board members be selected?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 04:36 PM

Jan 2018

How will it be ensured that nothing like this could ever happen again? I'm not sure there is a way.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,357 posts)

2. Honestly, it needs to be burned to the ground and start over from salted ground.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 04:38 PM

Jan 2018

Some of the policies put in place to "protect" children were written by Nassar himself. That's how abuse (and oppression, for that matter) become institutionalized and systemic. It's not just the people. It's the actual systems and structures that make an organization, company, system of government or business. This is a great example of systems supporting actions that the people within them claim to condemn.

MontanaMama

(23,322 posts)

3. Thorough background checks

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 04:43 PM

Jan 2018

on every prospective member of the board and a probationary period for public comments to be gathered compiled before they are officially installed.

obamanut2012

(26,080 posts)

4. Make teh board be pro athlete

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 04:48 PM

Jan 2018

Unlike "America's Sweetheart" Mary Lou Retton, who is a proud wingnut Christian Conservative, who has actively lobbied Congresscritters and Senators to NOT pass the Sex Abuse 2017 Act and other pro athlete bills. She is also a huge Karolyi apologist.

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