My experiences aren’t current so feel free to take my comments with a grain of salt. While it’s true there’s a clear and maybe somewhat incestuous relationship between the section and champs and Ted has been a Joanne fan for a long time, I’ve always had the impression that Champs is the Joanne McLeod show. Do I think Ted has a good idea what goes on in that rink? Absolutely, he’s a lot of things, not all positive, but he’s not an idiot, and a lot of the things alleged were pretty openly known even 20 years ago when I was skating. Does he have some responsibility? Sure, but it’s a much less direct connection. I don’t think if this is actually pursued, that Joanne gets out of this by dragging Ted into it. I do expect Ted will try and distance himself from Joanne.
I do really hope these allegations are thoroughly and properly investigated though I can’t say I’m particularly optimistic that will happen. I would personally love to see a few heads roll. And I’d love to be a fly on the wall at the section AGM