Simone Biles was a victim of sexual abuse facilitated by the USA gymnastics and Olympics establishment. If her head isn't in the sport - and it's dangerous to compete if it isn't - it is not at all reasonable to blame her.
This tweet was prompted by a hearing in the Antitrust Subcommittee in which Olympic silver medalist gymnast Terin Humphrey noted a bankruptcy judge got rid of her claim of abuse when USA Gymnastics somehow used the bankruptcy code to discharge liabilities. judiciary.house.gov/calendar/event…
I love the Olympics because global athletics is great. But on an institutional level it is an ugly and predatory set of money-grubbing corporations that allow old men to feed on youth and dreams for profit and power.
"American swimmers have told SwimSwam that they have been blocked from speaking to media outside of the rights holders from NBC until they return home to the states."
I mean wtf is that about if not monopoly?
swimswam.com/patrick-callan…
I mean wtf is that about if not monopoly?
swimswam.com/patrick-callan…
Here's Terin Humphrey's remarkable testimony.
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