February 5, 20206 yr I feel sick for the skaters this man and federation has treated like dirt for the last few decades, and for the fact that the ISU just knowingly and willingly let him do it. This power struggle is the stuff of third world dictatorships, not sporting organizations where most of the members are underaged kids!
February 5, 20206 yr 1 hour ago, yuzuangel said: I feel sick for the skaters this man and federation has treated like dirt for the last few decades, and for the fact that the ISU just knowingly and willingly let him do it. This power struggle is the stuff of third world dictatorships, not sporting organizations where most of the members are underaged kids! It's exactly because it's a sporting organization that someone like DG is able to rise and hold on to power. It's because no one takes it seriously when it's 'just sports', until it's too late .
February 5, 20206 yr Any activity/ organisation which involves an imbalance of power between adult figures and children and teenagers has to be rigorously policed. Surely the church/school/care home etc scandals of the last few decades have taught us that. It’s a pity sporting bodies don’t take as much notice of this as they do of doping. Ten years ago a friend and I withdrew from an organisation involving children’s activities because the organiser couldn’t be made to see the need for proper safeguarding protocols. They were regarded as ‘heavy handed’ and ‘unnecessary’. I bet some of these children would have been grateful for some clear guidelines and information on who to turn to when the adults around them stepped over the line. The story has reached the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51383835#share-tools
February 5, 20206 yr DG's press conference lasted 1h30 today. He was with his lawyer. Same old, denying everything, "forgetting" he supported a rapist in 2003... He attacked several ministers as if it was the solution to save his a*s. A journalist brought up the Cipres affair and his lawyer dared to say that the affair was out of proportions for the reported facts. Pedophile facts. I almost puked. Well
February 5, 20206 yr Lord... The gall... to speak like that even when the evidence is overwhelmingly abundant... Go Madame Minister!!! Drag that slimy @$+&** down! We skating fans from around the world will cheer you on!
February 5, 20206 yr It made the Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/french-figure-skating-head-defies-call-to-resign-11580927314
February 5, 20206 yr 26 minutes ago, SparkleSalad said: Whoa. I don't know why this makes it all that much worse, since it's already bad enough, but...whoa.
February 5, 20206 yr Honestly, only white male boomers would have the gall and the stupidity to keep defending himself like this. Ewwwww.
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