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GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

298: Geddert and Karolyis Rage-O-Meter Special

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

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4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2018

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

GYMTERNET NEWS

  • A CNN investigation into John Geddert spoke with seven gymnasts/families about their experiences with him, and it wasn't pretty
    • Physical abuse, verbal abuse, suicide attempts
    • Police complaints dating back to 1986
    • A letter to USAG in 2013 detailing the problems
    • Steve Penny KNEW and chose to do nothing. Because publicity.
  • CNN also has the May 2017 Karolyi depositions. They aren't pretty either.
    • Apparently the Karolyis had very little to do with the ranch and barely ever met or talked to Larry Nassar. Huh?
    • It was all USAG's and Kathy Kelly's fault
    • "I wanted them to be safe, but..."
  • Nassar's boss, William Strampel, has been arrested for insane 1970s sexual misconduct. That's the official charge. 
  • Those two MSU trainers who were informed about Nassar and did nothing still work there 
  • MSU spent $500K in January monitoring social media accounts of Nassar survivors and journalists. We definitely can't think of a better use for that money
  • USAG Athlete Assistance Fund application and the Saving Our Survivors Fund

And in actual gymnastics developments: (1:05:38)

  • The drama over the English Commonwealth Games team deepens
  • Cuba is in the Pacific now, and we're all for it
  • Giulia Steingruber is playing around with a Yurchenko double back

MEET NEWS (49:08)

  • We break down the key storylines to watch at this Saturday's NCAA regionals and rage about the scheduling and individual qualification rules, as per usual
  • Professor O'Beirne, PhD brings us a history lesson on the origins of the Commonwealth Games, and we get excited about Wales and dragons. 

FEEDBACK (1:11:13)

  • Why can't women do NCAA and elite at the same time?
  • Primary source material about the sound in the Georgia Dome
  • When a floor routine might also be a tornado warning
  • A long-time brevet judge on how we can fix NCAA (and USAG) judging
  • 2-hour awards ceremonies (WHATTTT??) and plans for a parent revolt!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Remember the show is PG-13 so you might hear a naughty word or two.

0:04.0

Utah won the last, the 81 championship before the NCAA knew that women existed.

0:09.6

That's right, yes, thank you.

0:10.8

So that's part of it.

0:11.8

Thank you for clarity.

0:12.0

Sexism. I just wanted to shout sexism in there somewhere.

0:15.0

Yes, shout out sexism.

0:16.0

Absolutely.

0:17.0

Today, the Michigan Men's Gymnastics team are doing something genius right at this moment.

0:25.0

Regional's preview, more John Getert being a child abuser and more assault details.

0:30.0

Women can and have done elite gymnastics and NCA at the same time and the

0:37.6

koroli deposition. I'm just gonna leave it at that. This is episode 298 for April 4th 2018 and welcome to the

0:49.2

number one gymnastics podcast at the Galaxy. I'm Jessica and I'm here with Spencer from the

0:54.0

balance-team situation. Spencer, first things first. Yes. What was your

1:00.5

favorite April Fool's tweet from yesterday.

1:05.0

Oh, this is the part of the show where you asked me to tell you how amazing you were on April

1:10.7

Fool's when you were tweeting all these things.

1:13.0

Yes, yes, that's correct.

1:15.0

Or your favorite responses from people.

1:17.0

Yeah, I did enjoy the fact that the one that people were most like outraged, you know fun outrage

1:26.7

but outrage by wasn't like the one about guitar and gay rights the one that, you know, may have like had religious implications.

1:37.0

No, everyone was fine with that.

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