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I don't dispute that at all. I just am too cynical to believe that there is a way to fix it.
Well to be honest it likely is a multi-generational fix... but we need to at least bring it up and try.
I don't dispute that at all. I just am too cynical to believe that there is a way to fix it.
Well to be honest it likely is a multi-generational fix... but we need to at least bring it up and try.
BTW,
https://www.usfigureskating.org/story?id=84071&menu=memberservices
So Richard Callaghan was suspended more than a year ago. At least SafeSport says so on USFS website. Has he been coaching until recently when this was made public?
I'd love that. I am sensitive to it because a close family member went to trial and was found not guilty, but all anyone remembers is that the person was arrested for x thing. I mean people spit at the person in Walmart and everything. Mug shot in the paper of course. Home address in the paper. Ended up moving many states away after the not guilty verdict for fear people would come and do something to the house or them.
Re Coughlin, according to NBC Sports blog:
… U.S. Figure Skating made the following statement on Wednesday:
The U.S. Center for SafeSport has published an undisclosed “interim measure – restriction” in a matter involving John Coughlin. The Center has not prohibited or limited Coughlin from taking part in any activity under the Center’s jurisdiction. As the undisclosed matter remains under the Center’s jurisdiction, all inquiries should be directed to the U.S. Center for SafeSport. ...
https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/01/09/john-coughlin-restricted-safesport/ (Jan 9)
This confuses me very much. So he is not restricted as per the title?
He did take part in a club seminar-type event on Dec 28 -- the one in Alabama with Gracie.
I live close to the rink in Hackensack and it is crazy here. Apparently most coaches in the area believe the allegations are unfounded.
I live close to the rink in Hackensack and it is crazy here. Apparently most coaches in the area believe the allegations are unfounded.
[ETA: In other words, I assume that the club event was not a violation of whatever restriction is in effect.]
… 2. USFS is also giving Christine Brennan radio silence.
A troubling snapshot of a U.S. Olympic NGB post-Nassar: I have sent 5 emails to U.S. Figure Skating's spokeswoman over the past 50 hours, trying to get a response to SafeSport's restriction of the eligibility of 2-time national pairs champion John Coughlin. The result? Silence.
https://twitter.com/cbrennansports/status/1083119964268187648
.. I notice you're not posting a link to the seminar.
Based on the USFS statement, I have no reason to.
It's your choice.
I've done a search on the USFS events website, and found no record of any event, seminar or otherwise, in Alabama in December 2018. Possibly the records are incomplete, but possibly it was scraped in light of the allegations and investigation.
… I've done a search on the USFS events website, and found no record of any event, seminar or otherwise, in Alabama in December 2018. Possibly the records are incomplete, but possibly it was scraped in light of the allegations and investigation.