USA Gymnastics’ Larry Nassar Abuse Survivors Settle With Justice Department for $100 Million. My Upcoming Book Chronicles the Parallel and Even More Sprawling USA Swimming Abuse Scandals.

In the news: “Lawyers for Nassar assault survivors have reached $100M deal with Justice Department,” https://www.npr.org/2024/04/18/1245491081/lawyers-for-nassar-assault-survivors-have-reached-100m-deal.

My bookUNDERWATER: The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and Around the Globewill be published later this year by ECW Press. The swimming story is more diffuse but has a bigger footprint: nearly half a million kids — few of them household names like the most famous of the USA Gymnastics survivors — participate in competitive swimming’s daily practices and sprawling weekend meets.

And now a congressional commission report proposes an overhaul of the Amateur Sports Act to help fix the problem — the first genuine recalibration of the American youth sports system in nearly half a century. See my recentChicago Tribuneop-ed piece “Parents have the power to compel Congress to protect young athletes,” https://concussioninc.net/?p=15508.