The Foundation for Global Sports Development delivers and supports initiatives that promote fair play, education, and the benefits of abuse-free sport for youth.
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Olympians Continue to Experience Widespread Abuse and Endangerment. We now Know How to Protect Them.
Olympians Continue to Experience Widespread Abuse and Endangerment. We now Know How to Protect Them.During the 2022 Games, we witnessed several new and shocking accounts of abuse that current athletes had endured prior to and during the games. The good news is that there is a clear path to putting athletes’ well-being first, which in turn means more success for everyone. In 2018, national experts in child sex abuse prevention, law enforcement, academia, trauma, sports, and journalism came together to investigate the systemic and institutional failures that allowed the abuse by Nassar to occur and continue for so long. After nearly three years of in-depth surveys and interviews with victims and their families, public hearings, fact finding missions, and data collection, a recently released independent report from CHILD USA’S Game Over Commission has found that not a single investigated institution-from Michigan State University and USOPC, all the way up. to the FBI and even state medical licensing boards-has adequate policies in place to stop the cycle of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse of athletes. It’s clear based on the abuses we are still seeing that the USOPC and other institutions are not making the necessary reforms to prevent future abuse, it’s time for Congress to step in and make athlete well-being a priority. We can all cheer on Team USA in the future only if significant reforms happen. We must listen to our great athletes, follow the guidance of the leading experts, and do everything we can to construct the pathway to safety and glory. Marci A. Hamilton is the founder and CEO of CHILD USA a 501(c)(3) nonprofit academic think tank dedicated to interdisciplinary, evidence-based research to improve laws and public policy to end child abuse and neglect. She is also the Fels Institute of Government Professor of Practice and a Resident Senior Fellow in the Program for Research on Religion at the University of Pennsylvania. You can find her on Twitter @MARCI_HAMILTON Author: MARCI HAMILTON
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