245: Penny is GONE
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
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🗓️ 22 March 2017
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
IN THE NEWS
In the news, Spencer and Jessica chat about:
- USA Gymnastics President has resigned after the USOC called for his ouster
- Why this is not the time to move on because nothing has changed
- Three things that still need to be done to prevent abuse at USA Gymnastics
- USAG using SafeSport for sexual abuse only--that means they are still going to do their own policing on non-sexual abuse misconduct and crimes.
- NCAA Conference Championships (13:59)
- Regionals (38:30)
- Skinner's "snub"/character counts (35:15)
- Stuttgart World Cup (42:30)
- Results
- Tabea Alt wins, layout to two feet BB mount
- Eythora Thorsdottir's floor save
- We almost start a Morgan Hurd podcast (47:32)
- Watch Morgiboo's beam dismount; double double FX with pointed toes and legs together!
- Baku World Cup (54:55)
- Crack or Correct: The Most Controversial Scores from Baku, NCAA, Stuttgart (1:03:51):
- Tabea Alt's bar judges' score vs. Eythora and Pauline Schaefer
- Judges gave Maddie Stover a mathematically impossible beam score.
GYMTERNET NEWS
Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include (1:10:42):
- Oleg Stepko has gone to Ukraine for personal reasons
- Interview with new Australian WAG National Coach, Mihai Brestyan
- Geza Pozsar is working with Japanese gymnast Aiko Sugihara on her floor and beam routines
- Ellie Downie is working a Cheng!
- "This was the best decision for me and it's a more positive environment too" – Amy Tinkler on switching gyms
- Average Human-Sized Gymnasts (AKA tall for gymnastics):
- Leo Genders (Army) watch video of six-foot-one-inch-tall gymnast.
- 5'9" gymnast Becky Rozsa of the SUU Flippin Birds
- FEEDBACK (1:24:24):
- Razor burn cure
- Regular season champions are awesome!
- Ireland: "I think basic safe guarding and child protection was one of the most valuable couple of hours I have ever put into my career as a coach"
- Safe 4 Athletes also recommends a safety officer
- Why no "good countries" at American Cup?
RELATED ARTICLES
USA Gymnastics Sexual Abuse Investigation
- NY TIMES "Ex-Gymnastics Chief's Career: Swift Success Marred by Years of Scandal"
- Nasser accused of performing vaginal acupuncture on MSU gymnast
- A 20-year toll: 368 gymnasts allege sexual exploitation
- 78 women or girls suing MSU and Nassar in federal court and a California state court. Five other lawsuits name Nassar and USA Gymnastics
- "This is the first step of many that need to occur." – Dominique Moceanu
- Former gymnast Jeanette Antolin wants sponsors to pressure USA Gymnastics to make changes to combat sex abuse
- FAQ: What to know about the sex abuse case of ex-MSU Dr. Larry Nassar
- MSU doctor resigned after removing Nassar patient files
- Jessica Howard has an op-ed in the NYTimes : "Cracking Down on Abuse in U.S. Gymnastics"
- Editorial: Still much work to do inside USAG
- The Larry Nassar case should fuel serious discussion about how to stop sexual abuse
- Critics say Steve Penny's resignation not enough in wake of sex abuse allegations involving USA Gymnastics
- Jessica Howard on USAGym Board meetings: "The meetings seemed to revolve around two things: money and medals."
- Women Claim Michigan State University Tried to Hide Dr. Larry Nassar's Sexual Abuse of Athletes
- MSU Abuse Scandal: Coach Had Gymnasts Sign Card for Dr. Larry Nassar
SUPPORT THE SHOW
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Transcript
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| 0:27.0 | Remember the show is PG-13, |
| 0:29.0 | so you might hear a naughty word or two. Today, NCA Conference Championships, Stuttgart and Baku World Cups and Steve Penny is gone. This is episode 245 |
| 0:46.8 | for March 22nd 2017 and welcome to the number one gymnastics podcast in the |
| 0:51.9 | world. I'm Jessica and I'm here with Spencer from |
| 0:54.4 | the balance team situation. Big news this week will start with lots of USA |
| 1:00.5 | Gymnastics, Steve Penny happenings, what's going on? |
| 1:04.0 | Okay, so Steve Penny has officially resigned as of last Friday. |
| 1:10.7 | The USC Board called for his resignation last week a week later he |
| 1:15.2 | resigned so I think this is a huge step in the right direction I think this is something |
| 1:21.4 | that people have really wanted for a long time. |
| 1:24.0 | I think that it's really important for people to recognize that Penny was a leader |
| 1:28.6 | but he was also beholden to the board of directors and his boss is the chairman of the board |
| 1:36.1 | Paul Perea. Paul Perea is now in charge. So I think a lot of the feeling around |
| 1:41.1 | and a lot of the things that at least I've read about Steve Penny resigning |
| 1:45.9 | I've talked about this not being the solution to a problem it's more how it's creating the environment necessary to propose a solution. |
| 1:59.0 | I know that you agree with that that this is not solving the problem? |
| 2:05.0 | But would you like to elaborate on that? |
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