Senator Boasts About How Happy He Is That SafeSport’s Conflict Of Interest Is Getting Worse
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)Photo: Win McNamee (Getty) When Congress authorized the U.S. Center for SafeSport, it decided to not directly fund the organization that was supposed to independently investigate sexual abuse across all Olympic sports. Instead, it set up a grant—which, it turns out, couldn’t be used to pay for the investigators that SafeSport needs. That meant money for those jobs would have to come from either the U.S. Olympic Committee or other national sports organizations, many of which also are groups from which SafeSport is supposed to act independently. It’s a pretty...
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