SafeSport Center announces changes designed to address widespread complaints
The U.S. Center for SafeSport has announced 10 changes to the way it operates in a move it says is designed to increase efficiency and “trauma sensitivity,” while addressing complaints that have come from both victims and the accused
DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Center for SafeSport announced 10 changes to the way it operates Monday in a move it says is designed to increase efficiency and “trauma sensitivity,” while addressing complaints that have come from both victims and the accused.
The announcement of the overhaul came after what the center said was an eight-month review of a process that has been criticized by Congress, athletes in the Olympic movement and even families whose kids play grassroots sports.
Some of the changes address issues raised in a series of Associated Press stories that detailed drawn-out cases in which both victims and the accused often felt blindsided and unsure of the SafeSport process.
“We are proud of the progress we’ve made, but we are clear-eyed about the work ahead of us,” said Ju'Riese Colon, the CEO of the center, which opened in 2017 in response to the Olympic movement's failed handling of the Larry Nassar sex-abuse cases.
