243: Senate Bill 534 - a podcast by gymcastic@gmail.com

from 2017-03-08T03:34:46

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IN THE NEWS

In the news, Uncle Tim, Spencer and Jessica chat about:

The American Cup & Nastia Cup:
- Our favorite routines of the weekend from Yul Moldauer and Colbi Flory's beam to Sam Oldham floor
- The Bart Deurloo Story - crotch vs pommel horse
- Elite Code trends e.g., Dos Santos no pause before acro skill on beam, front tumbling and wolf turns-in-a-row-hell
- Which was better: American Cup, Nastia Cup or any NCAA meet
- Ignorant things Al Trautwig said
- The Nastia Interview about Nassar
NCAA Update (43:10)
- Highlights and DII/III teams beating DI teams, Cal's bar dismounts
- Spencer explains why George Washington is the hipster gymnastics team
- Eye Roll of the Week Award
- Crack or Correct : Ohashi’s 10 on beam and Gnat vs. McMurtry vault, Rachel Schick beam

Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include:

Aly Raisman's coach, Mihai Brestyan, is the new Australian national team coach.
Romanian, Swedish, Canadian and Russian news
Simone Biles broke her rib on the post-Olympic tour but didn't get a diagnosis for two and a half weeks!
USA Gymnastics Sexual Abuse Investigation:
- LEGISLATION: Senator Diane Feinstein introduced her bill (S534), read the text of the bill here and her press release here.
- Call your representative (find them here) to thank or tell them to pass this bill!
- To support the victims use hashtag #GymJaneDoe
- THE DOCUMENTS:
  - A judge released 5,600 pages of court records detailing how USAGym handled sexual abuse allegations over 10 years
  - Allow a convicted sex offender to keep his membership? A USA Gymnastics regional chairman supported that
  - Here's USAGym's statement on the decision to release 54 administrative files related to sexual misconduct
  - "The coach is as much a member as the athlete," President Steve Penny testified in records re: sex abuse
  - The unsealed documents include emails from USA Gymnastics to coaches, FBI Interviews, and more
- Feedback:
  - Why was the FBI so slow to investigate Larry Nassar?
  - Letter from a transgender gymnast
  - Defamation vs. banning abusers

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