#MeToo: Sexual Assault & Sports

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

Politics, History, News, Sports, Sports News

4.8 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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We speak to three-time gold medalist and civil rights attorney Nancy Hogshead-Makar about how the #MeToo movement is shaping the world of sports as well as her own work in shedding light on sexual abuse in the field of athletics over the years. We look at the big picture of sexual violence in sports while also getting into the legal weeds. I cannot imagine a more important topic for this moment or a better person with whom to discuss all of this. Additionally, I have some Choice Words about Jerry Jones and whether he's all bark no bite, a Just Stand Up award to McKayla Maroney for coming forward, and we travel cross the pond for our Just Sit Down award. All that and much more!Nancy Hogshead-MakarTwitter: @Hogshead3AuWebsitehttp://www.espn.com/espnw/voices/article/21127152/nancy-hogshead-makar-metoo-shows-need-tighter-rules-club-olympic-sportsZirin, Looks Like Jerry Jones Isn’t Going to Punish His Players for Protesting After Allhttps://www.thenation.com/article/jerry-jones-isnt-going-to-punish-dallas-cowboys-players-for-protesting-after-all/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)—Music: Examination - Del the Funky Homosapien | What More Can I Say - Jay-Z | Brick House - The Commodores | Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves - Eurythmics Feat. Aretha Franklin | Top Back - T.I. | Slow Down - Brand Nubian | What a Job - Devin the Dude Feat. Snoop Dogg & Andre 3000 | Praise You - Fatboy Slim | FU-GEE-LAA - The Fugees | The Nosebleed Section - Hilltop Hoods | Pants - Here Come the Mummies | The Wire Theme Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	The more elite the athletes, the more likely that they are to be abused from somebody within their
0:05.9	own entourage. Because the more elite the athlete, the more that they want it. I mean,
0:10.6	Michaela Maroney is a great example. She felt like she had to put up with sexual abuse from her
0:16.9	physician, Dr. Larry Nasser, in order for her to be able to get on the stand, to be able to
0:22.6	get it to the Olympic Games.
0:24.8	And she shouldn't have to go through that.
0:26.3	I mean, no athletes should have to go through that.
0:32.0	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Zyron. This week, we speak about the Edge of Sports podcast.
0:38.2	I'm Dave Ziren.
0:39.3	This week, we speak about the intersection of the Me Too hashtag and the world of sports.
0:45.2	In case you've been living, as we used to say, in Dick Cheney's bunker, you know that there has been an explosion, a dam bursting of women in the world of Hollywood coming forward with stories
0:55.6	of sexual harassment and assault. It started with Harvey Weinstein, but it has dramatically
1:02.1	spilled out well beyond Hollywood. And we want to talk about it in the world of sports,
1:07.8	and we couldn't have a better person with whom to discuss this.
1:11.1	We are going to be speaking to Nancy Hogshead McCar.
1:14.1	She's been a guest on this show in the past.
1:16.3	She is a 1984 Olympic triple gold medalist swimmer, and she is the CEO of Champion Women,
1:22.4	an organization that advocates for girls and women in sports.
1:25.7	She's also a civil rights attorney who has successfully
1:28.3	represented athletes in precedent-setting legislation and is one of the nation's foremost experts
1:33.8	on gender equity in sports. I've also got some choice words this week about Jerry Jones
1:39.7	and whether or not the owner of the Dallas Cowboys is all hat and no cattle, as they say down in Texas.
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