"(Everybody involved) didn't have much of a choice than to kind of put their hands up and go 'Okay, this needs to change,'" league MVP Jess Fishlock told Reuters. Trainers for the Swiss Gymnastics Federation's women's team resigned en masse in September after an investigation upheld athletes' claims of psychological abuse. "I blame Larry Nassar and I also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse," said Biles. The U.S. Center for SafeSport is an independent non-profit organisation that provides sports with guidelines on how to provide safe environments for athletes and training for coaches and administrators. "Culture change is happening at all levels of sport," U.S. Center for SafeSport CEO Ju’Riese Colon told Reuters.

Source: The Star December 19, 2021 19:22 UTC