OTL: the official sexual assault show

[TOL22]

AAU coach Bobby Dodd on the hot seat now.

 

[Orange Barrel]

AAU coach Bobby Dodd on the hot seat now.

Unrelated, but I saw a PA license plate on a car near Philadelphia a week or two ago which read TOL - 22. That you?

 

[cliftonparksufan]

AAU coach Bobby Dodd on the hot seat now.

I think the most politically correct statement to make from all of this is that it is great of ESPN to bring this issue into the national spotlight and hope it allows more parents to be able to communicate to their children on how important it is to tell them of any inappropriate actions by anyone and to let the kids know that they can't be scared of these monsters.

The sad part is that there are probably hundreds or thousands of these stories to be told.

 

[TOL22]

Unrelated, but I saw a PA license plate on a car near Philadelphia a week or two ago which read TOL - 22. That you?

Funny! But not me. I'm local. I want some answers, damn it!

 

[orange79]

Funny! But not me. I'm local. I want some answers, damn it!

Did you trademark TOL22?

 

[Orangemen]

If they catch a bunch of child molesters, more power to them.

Sports coaches have been the least suspected of all parental leadership groups when it comes to this sort of thing. Sports is the home of manly men, and manly men are never assumed to do this sort of thing. And young people who consider themselves future manly man are probably the group of kids most likely to never say anything about it, for fear of the mark it would leave on them.

Any time you can bring light onto potential child predators, it is a very good thing.

 

[Cusefan95]

Any time you can bring light onto potential child predators, it is a very good thing.

My only concern is the way these stories are breaking. I'm doubtful that the journalists involved are fully vetting the stories before going to air, and the result is eventually going to be people wrongfully accused. The problem is that the person's reputation is destroyed, while the news organizations will say oops and bury the retraction on pg 163. There needs to be much stricter sanctioning for getting stories like this wrong, because it would force journalists to be more disciplined in what they choose to report.

It's great to uncover child predators...but if the cost is dozens of people ruined for no reason, the cost is too high.

 

[Orange Barrel]

Funny! But not me. I'm local. I want some answers, damn it!

Impostor, no doubt. I'll get local law enforcement on it right away.

 

[orangecuse]

I think the most politically correct statement to make from all of this is that it is great of ESPN to bring this issue into the national spotlight and hope it allows more parents to be able to communicate to their children on how important it is to tell them of any inappropriate actions by anyone and to let the kids know that they can't be scared of these monsters.

The sad part is that there are probably hundreds or thousands of these stories to be told.

You're correct...that 1 in 6 stat is just staggering.

 

[DeGrozz]

AAU coach Bobby Dodd on the hot seat now.

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