438: Agree to Disagree

WATCH HERE Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded (pre-edits with all the flubs and hiccups) and see video of the routines we discuss. HEADLINES Alyssa Beckerman penned a Google Doc about the emotional manipulation, ostracism, pettiness, and mishandling of weight and injury that she experienced at UCLA under Miss Val What lessons other coaches can learn about the best ways to help athletes who experienced abusive club careers Does this change how we look at Miss Val's positive coaching tour? Thoughts on Miss Val's response and whether she should have said anything at all Discussed: International Socio-Cultural research group on Women's Artistic Gymnastics (ISCWAG) research and interview Jenny Pinches  explanation on August 7, 2020 before Alyssa's letter) of the #AthleteAlliance movement re coaches One Face: Project Gravitas Related articles on Beckerman :  Beckerman questions dismissal Team supports Beckerman's dismissal Out of Balance: A look inside USA Gymnastics' culture of abuse More #GymnastAlliance news Cassidy Hyman's statement about elite development coordinator Dan Baker Athletes speak out about Amanda Reddin, WAG head coach at British Gymnastics The NCAA Gym is dying Alaska's women's program and Iowa's men's program will be shut down after 2021. We mourn. MINI COMMISSION Erin has commissioned us to bring back fluff pieces and reimagine the non-racist, non-condescending, non-awful versions we'd like to see. Obviously, we go right to Elena Produnova, Catalina Ponor's closet, and lesbians GYMTERNET NEWS Kensley's article on Female judges in MAG, Suni Lee's COVID scare, an exposé of the Brazilian club Pinheiros, and what we think of the survivors' attorneys asking the court to reject Terin Humphrey's claim JOIN CLUB GYM NERD Join Club Gym Nerd for access to Behind the Scenes episodes. Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. We have masks too! RELATED EPISODES 437: Lineup Racism? 436: 2000 Women's Team Final (Commissioned) 435: Let's Talk about Terin 434: Svetlana Khorcanceled 433: Weirdest Gymnastics Exhibitions of the 90s (Commissioned) 432: #GymnastAlliance 431: 2003 Team Final (Commissioned)