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Larry Nasser’s sexual abuse scandal Repulsion against Simone Biles To protect trans athletes in women’s sports. Social Media Abuse Some critics, including Riley Gaines’ Biles’ target, pointed to the abuse Nassar committed, criticizing Biles’s stance towards trans athletes.
Then on Wednesday, a US gymnastics spokesman Talking to Fox News Digital The organization’s transgender eligibility policy and resource page was removed from the website in May, and “assessing compliance with the current legal environment.”
The chief lawyer for a female gymnast in the US influenced by Nassar John Manley, weighed a comparison of Nassar’s abuse in women’s sports with the inclusion of biological men.
“Larry Nasser was sexually assaulting children, which was fundamentally different,” Manly told Fox News Digital.
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From left, US Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maloney, Allie Riceman and Maggie Nichols arrive at a hearing of the Senate Judicial Attorney General on the 15th day of the 15th report on the FBI’s handling of the Olympic Gym’s sexual abuse Larry Nassar investigation at Vincitt. (Saul Roeb/Pool via Reuters)
However, Marie believes that the way in which US gymnastics leadership and the decision to allow trans-athletes in the women category is the same type of leadership method that the Nassal scandal arises.
“I think that’s exactly right,” Manly said. “[Female gymnasts] You will be in that position with that trans athlete in the locker room for the organization that creates the policy. … With the same token, Larry Nasser was created and allowed to flourish. He was dealing with a little girl in a hotel room alone in bed during the Olympics, but there is no policy for that. ”
Manly said, “Athletes are not the first in this system, they’re not the first. Money and medals are the first people who run it.”
president Donald Trump He signed his executive order “Exclude men from women’s sports” in February, which applies only to agencies receiving federal funding, but the US Gymnastics and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) are private entities.
As an attorney, Manly questioned the validity of the organization’s recent excuse, “compliance with current legal landscapes” to remove the policy page.
“It’s a bunch of nonsense,” Manly said. “It’s about companies that don’t want to be Bud Light, “I’m worried about the political winds being changed and people are looking at policies in a dim manner.”
“The reason Larry Nasser happened is because they didn’t put athletes first and the two in. [it’s] The same thing happens here too. Make decisions, stand out and adhere to them. ”
Former star gymnast slams US gymnastics for policy processing for trans athletes
Still, unlike Nassar, Manly believes that the blame doesn’t always fall on the trans athletes themselves, especially the minors. Manly, who has known Biles for several years, believes that gymnasts are trying to cite similar points in the recent controversial social media rants, but “it was misunderstood.”
“I think that’s a misunderstanding. What Simone was trying to say was, “I don’t think we should blame kids, kids athletes. We shouldn’t compete when these organizations allow it. But I’ve never told her about it.
December 2021, Manly I saved Biles And US female gymnasts Aly Riceman, McKayla Maloney and Maggie Nicole have secured a $380 million settlement from USOPC over Nassar’s abuse.
Since then, lawyers have looked at Gaines’ lawsuit against the NCAA to include biological male LIAs at the 2022 NCAA Women’s Swimming Championships, and follow the impact of the issue on the legal situation.
“I think that’s really important,” Manly said of the impact of Gaines’ lawsuit on women’s sports history. “The way it unfolds is to determine whether women’s sport continues as we know it or whether it changes… The fact that the NCAA not only does not own it, but also has come to reconciliation with her is shocking.”
Manly says he will consider filing his own lawsuit against the USOPC if the American Olympic athlete comes to him in a legitimate case.
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“We submit to protect women and protect female athletes, but we don’t need to file those cases. The USOPC should step in and say “we’re trying to protect athletes and it’s clear,” he said.
Manly hopes that the policy will become clear and allow fair competition in time for the Los Angeles Olympics, but he says he is “not confident,” but if the current USOPC leadership remains in power, the policy will be at that point in the summer of 2028.
“I have no hope for this board,” he said.
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