20/20 feature on sexually abusive coaches

[Wolfgang]

Anyone catch the TV program 20/20 last Friday night. One of the features was about sexually predatory coaches. The ones they featured were in the sport of gymnastics and women's basketball. USA Gymnastics knew about one guy's sexually deviant behavior and put him on probation. Yet, they did not alert anyone of this coach's tendencies to other coaches and parents of potential gymnasts. A gym fired this coach but did not say anything to the parents of those gymnasts who wanted to continue their training with this coach. Legal liability issues.

At the end, the reporter mentioned some tell-tale signs that your daughter may be sexually abused (to some extent) by her coach:

1. Extravagant gifts and other forms of "special attention"
2. Sleepovers, especially if it's unchaperoned
3. Lots of different coaching stints at different parts of the country
4. Erratic behavior by your daughter

...I forgot the rest.

[itsallaboutme]

How stupid would a parent have to be to allow their child to go to "sleep over" with their coach???

[TheSantaBarbarian]

I remember a frosh women's swimmer at UCSB (a LONG time ago) who's high school coach used to come up to UCSB to visit her and spend the night. Too bad I didn't kmow then what I know now.