{"id":15686,"date":"2024-07-29T08:51:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=15686"},"modified":"2024-07-29T08:51:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:51:33","slug":"chicago-tribune-editorial-page-echoes-my-sunday-op-ed-call-for-structural-reforms-of-youth-sports-programs-to-address-coach-sexual-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=15686","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Tribune Editorial Page Echoes My Sunday Op-Ed Call for Structural Reforms of Youth Sports Programs to Address Coach Sexual Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Irvin Muchnick<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of my Sunday op-ed essay in the\u00a0<em>Chicago Tribune<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=15680\">&#8220;Swimming has a dark side of abuse and poor oversight,&#8221;<\/a> the\u00a0<em>Tribune\u00a0<\/em>editorial page today weighs in with its own similar take, &#8220;As Olympic Games begin, U.S. has work to do in better protecting athletes from sexual predators.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The link to the newspaper&#8217;s editorial (behind a paywall) is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2024\/07\/29\/editorial-athletes-olympics-sexual-predators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2024\/07\/29\/editorial-athletes-olympics-sexual-predators<\/a>\/. Shortly, Concussion Inc. will be publishing the full text of my op-ed, which will include the restoration of cuts of paragraphs about George Gibney and Bob Bowman, which the editors told me were &#8220;for legal reasons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Noting that the U.S. is one of the few countries without a national sports ministry, the <em>Tribune <\/em>editorial<em>\u00a0<\/em>opines that our country has yet to ensure that the &#8220;framework for protecting athletes has teeth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>UNDERWATER: The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and Around the Globe<\/strong><\/em><strong> will be published shortly after the Paris Olympics by ECW Press (distributed by Simon &amp; Schuster). Pre-order links from many outlets are <a href=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=15530\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15637\" src=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Underwater_cov-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Underwater_cov-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Underwater_cov-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Underwater_cov-1-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Underwater_cov-1-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Underwater_cov-1-1536x1146.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Underwater_cov-1-2048x1528.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Underwater_cov-1-101x75.jpg 101w, https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Underwater_cov-1-480x358.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Irvin Muchnick &nbsp; 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