{"id":10462,"date":"2015-10-23T09:32:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T17:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10462"},"modified":"2024-05-29T17:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T01:03:27","slug":"sources-usa-swimming-has-investigated-brandon-drawz-protege-of-ceo-chuck-wielgus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10462","title":{"rendered":"Sources: USA Swimming Has &#8216;Investigated&#8217; Brandon Drawz, Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of CEO Chuck Wielgus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<html><body><em>by Irvin Muchnick<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the usual multi-layered, hush-hush way of the slow crawl of USA Swimming scandals, multiple sources have told Concussion Inc. that Brandon Drawz has been &#8220;investigated&#8221; in the wake of our reports on him, and &#8220;not enough has been found&#8221; to warrant action.<\/p>\n<p>Which is nonsense, and anyone who has read our 100 percent accurate and on-the-record stories about Drawz knows it. Drawz was let go by the Mt. Hood (Oregon) junior college district because of financial improprieties and conflicts of interest &#8212; but not before sucker-punching an elderly and beloved coach during an on-deck argument, and then getting arrested in a drunken domestic violence incident (during which he at tried to impersonate, first a police officer, and then a social worker). The latter happened while he was in charge of Mt. Hood&#8217;s youth swimmers at a national meet in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Drawz is also a former principal with the criminally fraudulent National Swimming Center Corporation, which specialized in scamming municipalities into underwriting developments. He was recently dumped as executive director of SwimMAC in North Carolina &#8212; but USA Swimming chief Chuck Wielgus keeps propping him up and pushing him into leadership roles in the organization. One of them is with the group&#8217;s phony brand of eyewash known as the &#8220;Safe Sport&#8221; program.<\/p>\n<p>Here again are chronological links:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to Sources: Shady USA Swimming Board Figure Brandon Drawz Fired at Prominent North Carolina Program\" href=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10047\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\">Sources: Shady USA Swimming Board Figure Brandon Drawz Fired at Prominent North Carolina Program<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pub\">Published April 20th, 2015<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\">\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to Rowdy Gaines, 'Swimming's Greatest Ambassador,' Needs to Explain His and USA Swimming's Association With the Criminal, Fly-by-Night 'National Swimming Center Corporation'\" href=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10049\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\">Rowdy Gaines, &#8216;Swimming&#8217;s Greatest Ambassador,&#8217; Needs to Explain His and USA Swimming&#8217;s Association With the Criminal, Fly-by-Night &#8216;National Swimming Center Corporation&#8217;<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pub\">Published April 21st, 2015<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\">\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to SwimMAC Website Seems to Confirm Our Report That Brandon Drawz Is Out\" href=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10086\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\">SwimMAC Website Seems to Confirm Our Report That Brandon Drawz Is Out<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pub\">Published April 29th, 2015<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\">\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to 'Brandon Drawz Out as Executive Director of SwimMAC'\" href=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10090\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\">&#8216;Brandon Drawz Out as Executive Director of SwimMAC&#8217;<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pub\">Published May 2nd, 2015<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\">\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to Parent Letter Campaign Asks USA Swimming For Investigation of Brandon Drawz - Based on Concussion Inc.'s Report of His 2007 Domestic Violence Arrest in Indianapolis\" href=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10277\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\">Parent Letter Campaign Asks USA Swimming For Investigation of Brandon Drawz &#8211; Based on Concussion Inc.&#8217;s Report of His 2007 Domestic Violence Arrest in Indianapolis<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pub\">Published August 24th, 2015<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\">\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to Full Text of Letter Calling for USA Swimming Investigation of Board Member Brandon Drawz\" href=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10279\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\">Full Text of Letter Calling for USA Swimming Investigation of Board Member Brandon Drawz<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pub\">Published August 24th, 2015<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\">\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to See It Now - Documenting the 2007 Night USA Swimming Potentate Brandon Drawz Spent in the Indianapolis Jail\" href=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10281\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\">See It Now &#8211; Documenting the 2007 Night USA Swimming Potentate Brandon Drawz Spent in the Indianapolis Jail<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pub\">Published August 25th, 2015<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\">\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to What We Know About USA Swimming Consigliere Brandon Drawz's 2007 Arrest in Indianapolis for Domestic Violence, Battery, Public Intoxication, Resisting Arrest\" href=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10285\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\">What We Know About USA Swimming Consigliere Brandon Drawz&#8217;s 2007 Arrest in Indianapolis for Domestic Violence, Battery, Public Intoxication, Resisting Arrest<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pub\">Published August 27th, 2015<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\">\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to USA Swimming's Brandon Drawz Sucker-Punched a 67-Year-Old Coach at a Portland Pool - Two Months Before His 2007 Arrest in Indianapolis\" href=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10288\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\">USA Swimming&#8217;s Brandon Drawz Sucker-Punched a 67-Year-Old Coach at a Portland Pool &#8211; Two Months Before His 2007 Arrest in Indianapolis<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pub\">Published August 28th, 2015<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\">\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to History of Violent Con Man Brandon Drawz - Teacher's Pet of USA Swimming Boss Chuck Wielgus - Comes Into Focus on Eve of Aquatic Sports Convention\" href=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10375\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\">History of Violent Con Man Brandon Drawz &#8211; Teacher&#8217;s Pet of USA Swimming Boss Chuck Wielgus &#8211; Comes Into Focus on Eve of Aquatic Sports Convention<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pub\">Published September 25th, 2015<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\">\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to See It Now - 2007 Indianapolis Police Arrest Report on Brandon Drawz, USA Swimming Steering Committee Chair\" href=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10383\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\">See It Now &#8211; 2007 Indianapolis Police Arrest Report on Brandon Drawz, USA Swimming Steering Committee Chair<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pub\">Published September 29th, 2015<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\">\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to Police Report on USA Swimming's Brandon Drawz: \"He told her not to talk to the 'fucking police,' and I began to notice that he was intoxicated.\"\" href=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10385\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\">Police Report on USA Swimming&#8217;s Brandon Drawz: &#8220;He told her not to talk to the &#8216;fucking police,&#8217; and I began to notice that he was intoxicated.&#8221;<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pub\">Published September 29th, 2015<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pub\">\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to Police Report on USA Swimming's Brandon Drawz: \"Impersonated a police officer.\"\" href=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=10392\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\">Police Report on USA Swimming&#8217;s Brandon Drawz: &#8220;Impersonated a police officer.&#8221;<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pub\">Published September 30th, 2015<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Irvin Muchnick &nbsp; 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