Reaction: Sally Yates report into NWSL systemic abuse
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
The Athletic
4.8 • 807 Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
The report from the U.S. Soccer independent investigation, led by Sally Yates is in. Meg and Steph discuss the key findings, detailed in the report’s executive summary, as well as the systemic recommendations. Content warning: this podcast discusses sensitive topics including sexual, verbal and emotional abuse.
To follow our coverage: https://theathletic.com/tag/nwsl-investigations/
‘This guy has a pattern’: Amid institutional failure, former NWSL players accuse prominent coach of sexual coercion (from Sep. 2021): https://theathletic.com/2857633/2021/09/30/this-guy-has-a-pattern-amid-institutional-failure-former-nwsl-players-accuse-prominent-coach-of-sexual-coercion/
NWSL & NWSLPA’s joint investigation, one year after Paul Riley: Where it stands, what’s next: https://theathletic.com/3644269/2022/09/30/nwsl-nwslpa-investigation-paul-riley/
Linehan: The NWSL and women’s soccer power brokers have repeatedly turned a blind eye to harm (from Nov. 2021): https://theathletic.com/2972862/2021/11/22/linehan-the-nwsl-and-womens-soccer-power-brokers-have-repeatedly-turned-a-blind-eye-to-harm/
‘A fear based system’: How the structure of sports protects abusers of power (from Oct. 2021): https://theathletic.com/2862063/2021/10/01/a-fear-based-system-how-the-structure-of-sports-protects-abusers-of-power/
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| 1:11.6 | Music Welcome to full-time with Meg Linahan. I'm Meg. You are listening to a show all about women's soccer on the athletic podcast network now today is not our normal published day but we wanted to get an episode out it's after 1 p.m. on |
| 1:17.0 | monday and you now know that the full investigation findings of u.s soccer's independent investigation |
| 1:23.4 | into the n w cell led by sally yates that report is now out. It's a 173-page document. There's a lot in it. |
| 1:31.4 | Steph and I recorded earlier today with what we have been able to build our reporting around |
| 1:38.2 | prior to this release. I do want to just give you the heads up that there's obviously a lot of very sensitive content in here. |
| 1:46.3 | And first and foremost, we just hope that everybody is taking it as they can today. |
| 1:51.5 | So take care of yourself first before maybe listening or reading anything about this. |
| 1:58.7 | But I just wanted to give that heads up at the top of the show. |
| 2:01.5 | So it's me and Steph Young discussing our reporting that will come out throughout the day |
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