{"id":11430,"date":"2016-09-21T07:54:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T15:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=11430"},"modified":"2024-05-29T17:03:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T01:03:25","slug":"joe-bernal-banned-former-olympic-harvard-club-swimming-coach-has-dropped-out-of-sight-boston-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=11430","title":{"rendered":"Joe Bernal — Banned Former Olympic, Harvard, Club Swimming Coach — Has Dropped Out of Sight: Boston Globe"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nby Irvin Muchnick<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The <\/span>Boston Globe <\/span><\/i>on Sunday<\/span>published the highest-profile and most comprehensive account of the disappearance of Joe Bernal, the iconic New England swimming coach who earlier this year was banned for sexual misconduct by USA Swimming. See <\/span>https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/sports\/2016\/09\/18\/joseph-bernal-nowhere-found-after-being-banned-usa-swimming\/sLexDxeAkYJAW8Fc1oSn6O\/story.html<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bernal was on U.S. Olympic team staffs and coached at Harvard. As a mentor of Hall of Fame backstroker David Berkoff, a controversial figure over the years in periodic and unsuccessful campaigns to curb sexual abuse in swimming, Bernal is yet another big “get” in an ever-unfolding narrative.<\/span><\/p>\n

As we can observe whenever a new legendary figure gets busted — Mitch Ivey, Paul Bergen, Jack Nelson, Dick Shoulberg — it is doubtful that the public is ready to do more than play “gotcha” and “isolated case” with Bernal. This despite the swelling of the USA Swimming banned list (now at 136) and overwhelming evidence that the abuses are systematic and have been covered up.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bernal’s daughter Michelle Sweeney, herself a career coach, told Concussion Inc. that she is upset that the <\/span>Globe <\/span><\/i>made no effort to reach her for its story — all while referencing her and soliciting comments from Bernal’s former neighbors and others. Sweeney said this had the effect of making it appear that she might be in cahoots with her father, and she is not. Sweeney said that the article is accurate and that she supports the ban on Bernal, though she has no special information on the background or circumstances of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It’s a Bad Season For Dick Shoulberg’s Prot\u00e9g\u00e9, David Berkoff – Old Harvard Swim Coach Joe Bernal Is Also Under a Cloud<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Published March 24th, 2016<\/b><\/p>\n

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USA Swimming Bans David Berkoff’s Harvard Coach Joe Bernal – Increases Heat on Berkoff’s Club Coach Dick Shoulberg<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Published May 2nd, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

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What USA Swimming’s Ban For Sexual Misconduct of Joe Bernal – David Berkoff’s Old Harvard Coach – Tells Us About the Ongoing Cover-Up of Monster Club Coach Dick Shoulberg<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Published May 3rd, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

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USA Swimming Is Lying About a Dick Shoulberg Investigation. And It Dragged Its Feet in Announcing Joe Bernal’s Lifetime Ban. What Do They Have in Common?<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Published May 4th, 2016<\/span><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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