We don't listen to children when it comes to abuse in sport
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Sky Sports presenter Charlie Webster has said she revealed details about sexual abuse by her coach when she was young in order to ‘break the taboo about abuse as a whole’.
There are certainly issues within sport where too often, poor practice and abuse is tolerated. Who can forget the unravelling of the systematic abuse and cover up of football coach Jerry Sandusky at Penn State and his subsequent jailing for 30 years in 2012?
A series of high-profile cases, including a British Olympic swimming coach convicted for two rapes, and reports did lead to a change in official procedures and the creation of the NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit in 2001. This has driven the adoption of safeguarding standards within sport. But there is no evidence that this process has led to an increased awareness by children about their rights, the behaviour they should expect from adults and who they should turn to if they experience abuse.
A recent study, published by researchers from Edinburgh Univ...
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