MEMBER ALERT: DISCIPLINARY RECORDS UPDATE, from USAWS email today

[sunperch]

With the new initiative to inform and teach all USAWSWS members to recognize and help prevent and respond to athlete abuse, I would think that being more transparent with information regarding the situation would be helpful. Whatever caused the action taken by SafeSport could be a teaching moment for us to increase our awareness. Obviously enough of a transgression occurred to land this member on the suspension list. We had a colligate skier from our state on the suspension list and never knew what caused the suspension. Was it at a tournament (at our lake)? Was it at a sanctioned practice? Was it during travel to/from the tournament? Not wanting hearsay, just the facts. Why not make the SafeSport reports public?

[gjohnson]

The details are kept from the public on purpose to help the victims. Most sexual assaults aren’t reported. This offers a safe space for victims to tell investigators what happened to them.

[sunperch]

@gjohnson Redacted report, thought that would have been obvious.

[gjohnson]

Redacted reports = less reporting. Thought that would have been obvious.

[The_MS]

Most of the cases of suspensions stem from law enforcement and court actions, not anything that Safe sport dug up. Usually it was from actions committed outside the realm of waterskiing

[UCFskier]

@The_MS there are also cases where athletes come forward to report

[gjohnson]

Law enforcement has been abysmal in sexual predator cases. It’s one of the reasons safesport exists. Larry Nassar was brought to just because of a newspaper reporter. The police, FBI, MSU, USA Gymnastics all failed the victims after learning of their concerns.