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

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It’s all well and good that the Women’s Sports Foundation slapped around USA Swimming executive director Chuck Wielgus for his cover-ups of sexual abuse, and cost Wielgus induction into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. But on the important next step of aiding the call for a Congressional investigation of coach abuse in swimming and other Olympic sports, WSF is silent.<\/p>\n

And that leads to a hard question that can no longer be fudged: Exactly what is the financial relationship between WSF and USA Swimming, and between WSF and the U.S. Olympic Committee?<\/p>\n

We didn’t find immediate and obvious answers in WSF’s published annual reports and tax filings. The foundation didn’t respond to my inquiry regarding this; if the folks there ever change their mind, Concussion Inc. will present their explanation fully and fairly.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, our concern is palpable and legitimate. The WSF website is promoting its gala fundraiser, the 35thAnnual Salute to Women in Sports, in New York in October. A “Premier Table” there goes for $25,000. A “40thAnniversary Table” is $40,000.<\/p>\n

Is the public expected to believe that sponsorship at these levels by the swimming body and\/or its parent wouldn’t influence the direction and emphases of this advocacy group? With respect to Congress and swimming, the issue is further entangled by Wielgus’s statements of the organization’s desire to “work with” the Women’s Sports Foundation on future solutions, and by USOC’s announcement of $10 million in seed money toward a captive, not-so-independent sex abuse investigative agency.<\/p>\n

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What the Campaign to Keep USA Swimming’s Chuck Wielgus Out of the Hall of Fame Accomplished – What Remains To Be Done For Criminal Accountability and Federal Oversight<\/a><\/h2>\n
Published June 5th, 2014
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With New Public Petition Calling for Congress and Chuck Wielgus Prosecution, USA Swimming’s Sex Abuse Victims Keep USOC From Changing the Subject<\/a><\/div>\n
Published June 11th, 2014
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Swimming Abuse Victims Petition to Congress Stalls – With No Help From the Women’s Sports Foundation<\/a><\/div>\n
Published June 19th, 2014
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Petition 2.1: Swimming Victims’ Plea For Congressional Intervention Gets a Healthy Reboot – But Still Not an All-In Effort by the Women’s Sports Foundation<\/a><\/div>\n
Published June 21st, 2014
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As Women’s Sports Foundation Nibbles at USOC’s Dangling Carrot, Quest to Fully Engage Congress on USA Swimming Sexual Abuse Proceeds Without Their Help<\/a><\/div>\n
Published June 24th, 2014
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Summer 2013 Flashback: USA Swimming’s Big-Money PR Campaign to Combat ‘Perceptions’ and Ward Off Congressional Investigations<\/a><\/div>\n
Published June 24th, 2014<\/div>\n
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Will the Women’s Sports Foundation’s Next Move on Coach Sex Abuse Be a Disastrous One That Lets USA Swimming Wiggle Off the Hook?<\/a><\/h2>\n
Published July 1st, 2014
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