311: Tom Forster Is the New Martha

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🗓️ 4 July 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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GYMTERNET NEWS

A mini bonus episode this week in which we discuss the latest urgent, somewhat crazy USAG developments that can't wait another moment!

Thoughts on the Kerry Perry WE HAVE GREAT INSURANCE keynote from last week's episode (HOLLA Iowa Gym Nest!) and the part that...doesn't really add up?
Tom Forster is the new High-Performance Team Coordinator for the US women
- Who is Tom Forster?
- Initial reactions to the announcement (like "phew" and "hrmm")
- The positive tone he's attempting to strike
- What the elite coaches think about the move
- How does someone who has been involved with USAG for decades convince the public that he can make change?
The changes we would like to see made to the camp system (they are many and extensive)
Why aren't the 2008 Olympic teams getting the traditional 10-year reunion at nationals?
The "Cowboy Hat Indictments" coming out of Texas
- Nassar and van Horn are indicted
- We revisit Debbie van Horn's role
- Martha seems totally off the hook. Why?

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0:00.0	Remember the show is PG-13 so you might hear a naughty word or two.
0:04.9	So we need to talk about what I have started calling the cowboy hat indictments because
0:10.5	so if you didn't watch the state.
0:15.0	Today, it's a little mini episode along with our commission episode that's separate,
0:22.0	to tell you all the new things that have
0:24.0	happened with USA Gymnastics last week including that Tom Forrester is the new
0:28.0	Marta again there's a new Marta and some indictments out of Texas. This is episode 311.5 for July 4th.
0:38.0	Happy 4th.
0:39.0	4th of July! Happy Independence from Tyranny, Happy Revolution, 2018.
0:45.0	And welcome to the normal one gymnastics podcast in the world.
0:49.0	I'm Jessica and I'm here with Spencer from the Balance Beam situation.
0:53.7	We have a couple fun things to tell you about first.
0:55.8	First, we have some new designs up in the store.
0:58.5	One is our ping-peng shirt.
1:00.7	So if you enjoyed the image that BB Matt on Twitter made of
1:05.2	paying on top of a 10 doing her signature flares on beam, there is a new design
1:12.2	so you can get wall art, you can get a t new design so you can get wall art you can get a
1:14.0	t-shirt you can get a tank top you can get baby clothes anything you want
1:19.1	you can put up a tapestry of that and make it into a flag and fly it in front of your house.
1:25.0	When all these other people are watching the soccer, you can be like gymnastics forever.
1:30.0	So anyway, and I want you guys to know that Pang, it's an image of Pang, and because Pang is not owned by the
1:35.2	NCA anymore, we got her permission to do this, and she is getting 50% of the profits from this as well,
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