TSX HEADLINES – for December 12, 2018: The much-anticipated Ropes & Gray report on what happened, when and why in the Larry Nassar sex-abuse scandal at USA Gymnastics was released on Monday and it did not disappoint. In 252 pages, the report meticulously detailed the history of Nassar’s criminal adventures and how he was aided (more…)
TSX HEADLINES – for December 10, 2018: If the United States Olympic Committee is successful in removing USA Gymnastics as the U.S. National Governing Body for that sport, the USOC is likely going to have to run gymnastics for a while, perhaps through the 2020 Olympic period. A problem? Well, the USOC has had a (more…)
TSX HEADLINES – for December 7, 2018: The not-widely-foreseen filing by USA Gymnastics for financial protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code demonstrates considerable moxie on behalf of an organization which is considered a cast member of “The Walking Dead.” In a single act, USA Gymnastics shut down the current and future legal (more…)
TSX HEADLINES – for December 5, 2018: They didn’t plan it this way, but the International Olympic Committee and the United States Olympic Committee are walking, side-by-side, down two lanes of the same path. Both are now trying to figure how to discipline – or dismiss – two of their affiliated sports federations: the International (more…)
TSX HEADLINES – for November 26, 2018: The World Equestrian Games is designed to be a showcase for all of the equestrian disciplines and bring all sectors of the sport together, once every four years. But in 2018, under difficult conditions in Tryon, North Carolina, the event had problems and the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) (more…)
