Athletics departments need to be wary of keeping things behind closed doors
We learned as much last winter when The Globe and Mail published an expansive investigation into Guelph University’s cross country and track coach, Dave Scott-Thomas, who had sexually and emotionally abused an underage athlete, Megan Brown, in the early 2000s. Shielded by his University administration when the athlete’s father submitted a complaint, the coach—who’s arguably Canada’s most successful distance running coach in history—was thereon given runway to create the culture he wanted: in this case, a women’s team described as “one big eating disorder.” Many left the pro...
Source: queensjournal.ca