New York: Revelation painful harassment and abuse rocked the sporting world in 2021 when athletes from all levels of competition worldwide demand accountability coach, trainer, and a larger government body that oversees them.
A report released in October sent shock waves through the National Hockey League (NHL) after an investigation found that Chicago Blackhawks failed to act on the allegations made by the player Kyle Beach that video coach Brad Aldrich was sexually assaulted during the Stanley Cup playoffs, 2010.
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The report led to the resignation of the head coach of the Florida Panthers, Joel Quenneville, who is coach of the Blackhawks when the charges were made, and the promise of reform of the upper echelons of the NHL.
“This should serve as a wake up call to all the clubs that you need to make sure you understand what your organization as you will be responsible,” said NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman told reporters, promising changes in the league while maintaining their own treatment.
National Women’s Football League (NWSL) is forced into its own account as athletics in September outlining allegations of sexual harassment by a former North Carolina head coach Paul Riley courage, after speaking to more than a dozen players who have been trained since 2010.
The report and subsequent downfall swallow league, prompting the departure of former Commissioner Lisa Baird and demanding reform, because the FIFA Soccer World Governing Council launched its own investigation.
“(All the people involved) do not have many choices rather than demanding their hands and go ‘Okay, this needs to change,'” league MVP Jess Fishlock told Reuters.
“Do I think now that the league was sitting, ‘Okay, let’s get this conversation’ – not before where they were like ‘We do not care what you think’? I think it must have changed.” The Globe DanceAcross action, athlete demands action.
“Many of us still have the trauma and mental injuries,” two dozen women’s football players Venezuela wrote in an open letter accusing the former national team coach Kenneth Zseremeta of harassment and abuse.
ZSeremeta did not respond to requests for comment sent through Facebook messages.
Women’s team gymnastics coach for the Swiss Federation resigned en masse in September after investigating claims of psychological abuse ATHLETE.
Football Australia establish an independent complaints body in October after the retired striker Lisa de Vanna said he had been the victim of sexual violence and abuse during his career.
A few weeks after promoting a new conversation around mental health of athletes in the game Tokyo, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles appeared before the US Senate Judiciary Committee to condemn the United States gymnastics, the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the FBI not to act in cases of sexual abuse Larry Nassar.
“I blame Larry Nassar and I also blame the entire system that allows and doing the harassment,” said Biles.
In July, the Center SafeSport prohibit renowned coach Alberto Salazar permanently from track and field, citing violations of sexual and emotional, after the American middle-distance runner Mary Cain in 2019 accused former coach and Nike Oregon emotional project which is now closed and physical abuse.
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Center for SafeSport is an independent non-profit organization that provides sport with guidelines on how to provide a safe environment for athletes and training of coaches and administrators.
“The cultural change occurs at all levels of the sport,” U.S.
Center for Colon Ju’riese SafeSport CEO told Reuters.
“Accountability SafeSport, training and policy making welfare a top priority athlete sport but to see it fully realized that changes are resisting need to rise, or out – it happens with or without them.
Year of year energy: athletes, teams and leagues facing harassment and intimidation
