The SafeSport Illusion
Analysis of athlete safety and SafeSport processes within the USOPC system.
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SafeSport's Quiet $838,000
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was designed to help organizations whose revenues were disrupted by COVID-19. Eight days after the program opened, the U.S. Center for SafeSport was approved for an $838,000 PPP loan. One year later, th...
SafeSport Isn’t the Government. That’s the Point.
The Fourth Circuit just handed down a decision that says something plainly:
SafeSport is not the government.
That means the U.S. Center for SafeSport is not a state actor, and athletes sanctioned by SafeSport are not entitled to constitu...
The Why
This series is about the U.S. Center for SafeSport—the organization athletes are required to report to when there are allegations of abuse in Olympic and Paralympic sport—and how that system actually works in practice.
My last few piece...
SafeSport's Version of Success
Through the end of 2024, the U.S. Center for SafeSport had taken in approximately $130 million in funding.
That money is described as coming from the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, which is required by federal law to fund Sa...
SafeSport’s Jurisdictional Hold Problem
When Congress created the U.S. Center for SafeSport, the deal was supposed to be simple: sexual-misconduct allegations in Olympic and Paralympic sport would go to SafeSport, not back to conflicted sport bodies. That was not optional. It was...
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Documenting the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s contradictions, silences, and structural failures.
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