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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was also shocked that the board took the letter the girls had written and handed it over to the coach. This is a HUGE no no when it comes to abuse allegations. Insane how easily some of them threw these girls under the bus and tried to blame them.[/quote]

The Washington Post article states specifically that the board members involved apologized for this. According to the article, the board members involved mistakenly believed the letter was meant to be an on-the-record statement and not confidential.

That is far from "[throwing] these girls under the bus and [trying] to blame them."

To the contrary, Shipley was immediately suspended, according to the Post.

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No, it is EXACTLY throwing the girls under the bus. Apologizing after the fact does not negate the actions taken, neither does the PAID suspension (& DEFINITELY NOT the contract after it all). The letter was addressed to the Board after the season to specifically avoid the coach. Sharing with him was a direct violation of any ethical sense of dealing with a complaint.

BTW, I am also a rower -- though I rowed at Oxford where rowing is actually fun and not so intense that you barf every practice (or cultish for that matter). It was...sport. Even so,this is so far beyond any legitimate sense of this sport.[/quote]

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