Sports, Rape Culture & Brett Kavanaugh (TW)

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This week we speak to Brenda Tracy about her experience with sports and sexual assault as well as her mission to enlist football teams in the fight against rape. We also ask this outspoken survivor about Brett Kavanaugh, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, and the experience of the last several weeks. We also have some ‘Choice Words’ about Eric Reid’s return to the NFL, ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down’ awards to some athletes and the sports world. All that and more on this week’s Edge of Sports! Brenda Tracy Twitter: @brendatracy24 https://www.brendatracy.com/ https://www.theringer.com/features/2017/11/6/16599528/brenda-tracy-advocate-against-college-football-rape-culture Zirin, Eric Reid: Forged in Struggle https://www.thenation.com/article/eric-reid-forged-in-struggle/ — http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: [email protected] | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE) — Music: Eye Examination - Del the Funky Homosapien | ASAP - T.I. | I Like it - Cardi B | Welcome to New York City - Cam’ron | Moment of Truth - Gang Starr | Hold You Down - Alchemist | Pushin’ - Bun B | Natural Born Killaz - Dr. Dre Feat. Ice Cube | The Wire Theme Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	It is a reality. It is something that happens. And we don't want to believe that it can happen. But my story is proof. These things happen. And I am not the only one. There are many Brenda Tracyses out there. And we need to start having a conversation about these things are happening because people don't want to think they happen. And so it's easy to disbelieve the survivor because you don't want to believe that people
0:22.4	we know or, you know, good kids, good athletes would do these things.
0:25.9	But it's happening.
0:30.8	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast.
0:36.8	I'm Dave Ziron. This week we've talked to Brenda Tracy,
0:40.2	the nation's leading advocate in the fight against sexual assault in the world of college sports.
0:45.9	Ms. Tracy travels the country, speaking to coaches and student athletes across the sports world,
0:51.1	and talks about her own experiences as someone who is sexually assaulted
0:55.1	by a football team. She is raw, real, and she is making a difference. And honestly, I couldn't
1:01.8	think of a better week with which to raise her signal for all of you, my listeners. Also, this
1:07.0	week I got some choice words about Eric Reid's return to the NFL and I've got just stand up
1:13.0	and just sit down awards but first let's go to Brenda Tracy and I want to put a trigger warning on
1:19.3	this this could be uncomfortable for folks but Brenda Tracy tells it like it is
1:23.5	Brenda Tracy um my listeners who are unfamiliar, can you tell your story, please?
1:35.4	Yeah.
1:36.1	So in 1998, as a young woman, I was dating a Oregon State football player.
1:42.5	And I went one night with my best friend. We went to her boyfriend's
1:47.2	apartment, who was also a football player. And there were a couple other guys there. It wasn't a party.
1:52.9	It was just kind of a gathering of a few people. But that night, I was given an alcoholic beverage,
1:59.1	which I believe was drugged. And then I was in and out of consciousness
2:03.6	after drinking about four ounces of my mixed drink, in and out of consciousness for about six
2:09.5	hours. And during that time, I was sexually assaulted by four men. The next morning, I went and I got a
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