Poisoned Waters
Widespread Sex Abuse of Young Female Swimmers Continues To Plague USA Swimming
With focus on Olympics, critics question whether organization doing enough to prevent abuse
http://www.momsteam.com/poisoned-waters-sex-abuse-by-male-coaches-of-female-swimmers-continues-despite-USA-Swimming-efforts#ixzz21YdxJWRD
As I’ve related previously, Yahoo Sports and its affiliate ThePostGame sent me to the Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha last month to wrap up a long feature on what has happened – and not happened – since ABC’s 20/20, two years ago, exposed the issue of systematic sexual abuse in competitive youth swimming.
In its wisdom, and in something of a “profile in caution,” Yahoo chose not to publish the story I delivered.
I am grateful to MomsTeam.com for stepping in. This superb sports parents’ information site is run by Brooke de Lench, author of The Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports (HarperCollins).
Irv Muchnick