No they are not on the same day. According to a tweet by dave, someone told him the rink schedule had changed and livebarn hadn't been turned off/locked and that's how he could record it. So presumably they had livebarn turned off whenever they had rink time, this was just a change in schedule.
That would work, too. Agree that USFS will not make any statements, but they may be addressing this behind the scenes.
I mean, I have no specific knowledge, but I assume that they are competing partially for sponsorships and I do not think sponsors will like this at all. And even with what Alex did in the practice, I don’t want Christine to “destroy him.” He’s a human who makes mistakes and hopefully he can do something about this, but just pretending nothing‘s going on and trying to move on is not acceptable. I just don’t want anyone subjected to that anymore.
I know everyone has different experiences, and to be fair, there weren't very many partnered skaters at the rinks I trained at, but this is not at all my experience in skating. Even the coaches were (at least outwardly) well-behaved at my rinks. Parents were the biggest problems in mistreating skaters.
You have to start somewhere. I think Jeffrey Chen, Sorenson, & Desyatov receiving consequences is part of changing the culture. You'd have to be living under a rock at this point to not at least be aware that a credible accusation could lead to a suspension and a disruption of your career. Of course, there's more to do, but holding individuals accountable is part of that process.
I really need that laugh/cry emoji.
Exactly. Like all of what you said relating to the cycle of abuse and how victims stay in or return to bad situations is pretty basic stuff by this point.
Let's hope that Maia has private social media accounts and what we are seeing is just those associated with her 'shibsibs' and business (sponsored) promotions.
TBH, I hope Brennan destroys him.
TBH Alex always seemed like the big driving factor of the ShibSibs image. While they were marketed as a duo, he was often the one doing the vast majority of the talking and vlogging production. I recall even during the book tour he seemed like the driving force.
Unless things have changed very recently, USFS communications have stated that SafeSport has primary jurisdiction in sexual misconduct complaints, so even if someone went to USFS with a report, USFS would have to report it to SafeSport (like when Gracie went to Mitch Moyer about her assault).
No, they can't force them. But the Shibs' goal is to make the Oly team. If TPTB make it clear they don't want the Shibs on the team, I can't see the Shibs going through the competitive season to get dumped at Nats.
I’m not sure that it is entirely true that Federations can’t withdraw skaters against their will, since even if skaters earn their spots, the Feds can certainly refuse to put them on the list that goes for GP selection, as they did to Sandhu and Sokolova, and there have been some questionable withdrawals in the past that didn’t seem to be the skaters’ idea.
But she is the victim. I think the victim should have a say in this.
Such as: thankfully the video got out, my brother is a jerk?
