NWSL/NWSLPA Joint Investigation Report Reaction
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
The Athletic
4.8 • 808 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Following the release of the NWSL/NWSL PA joint investigation report that found “widespread misconduct” across the league, Meg and Steph discuss their reactions to the report, the timing of its release, and the major findings and how they’ll impact the league moving forward. Also: a few words in memory of our friend, Grant Wahl.
Meg’s breakdown of the joint investigation report: https://theathletic.com/4002142/2022/12/14/nwsl-pa-joint-investigation/
Steph’s updated and comprehensive NWSL timeline of allegations, reports and inaction: https://theathletic.com/3677339/2022/10/10/nwsl-abuse-allegations-timeline/
All our NWSL investigation coverage: https://theathletic.com/tag/nwsl-investigations/
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to full-time with Meg Linnehan. I'm Meg, and you are listening to a show |
| 0:19.9 | all about women's soccer |
| 0:21.1 | on the Athletic Podcast Network. Steph is back for our final show of the year on Wednesday, |
| 0:27.6 | December 14th, the NWSEL and NWSel Players Association released the report from the joint |
| 0:33.2 | investigation team led by lawyers from Covington, hired by the league for an independent investigation |
| 0:38.7 | back in October 2021. And while, which is counsel for the NWSLPAs, they were about to lead |
| 0:45.3 | their own investigation into the NWSL, those two combined by the end of October 2021 to become |
| 0:52.1 | this joint investigative team and to produce this report. |
| 0:55.5 | Now, as I'll mention in a minute, we have a number of stories up on this already. |
| 0:59.7 | So please check the show notes for links to all of the relevant coverage if you have not read |
| 1:03.5 | it and also where you can find the full report. |
| 1:06.3 | Now, just like the report has a warning on the first page, noting that it has graphic content. |
| 1:12.7 | It is hard reading. |
| 1:14.6 | Our discussion will stray into some of these topics. |
| 1:17.2 | I think generally didn't quite hit that same level, but obviously, listener discretion, |
| 1:21.7 | please take care of yourselves. |
| 1:23.4 | First and foremost, it has been a very, very long year once again. |
| 1:28.0 | So just wanted to warn you before you listen to the rest of the show. |
| 1:32.2 | Also, before we get to the rest of today's episode, you can show your support of full-time |
| 1:36.8 | and get all of the rest of our women's soccer coverage, plus everything else the athletic |
| 1:40.7 | has to offer on our site and our app. |
| 1:43.2 | You can subscribe right now at theathletic |
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