Sports & Politics Intersect 2017 in review: #MeToo reaches the highest levels in sports
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It would be borderline impossible to cover the breadth of sexual assault, sexual harassment and sexual abuse stories that plagued not just the world at large, but in the sports world specifically. While recorded accounts of sexual misconduct of all forms beinSports & Politics Intersect 2017 in review: #MeToo reaches the highest levels in sports
It would be borderline impossible to cover the breadth of sexual assault, sexual harassment and sexual abuse stories that plagued not just the world at large, but in the sports world specifically. While recorded accounts of sexual misconduct of all forms being told by women about men in sports isn’t new, the “Me Too” movement that was sparked by the avalanche of women who spoke out about Harvey Weinstein has made the women who have come forward one of the biggest sports stories of the year. It’s difficult to isolate a starting point when the parameters of the story isolate, so we begin with the biggest story to close out the year. Jerry Richardson, the owner of the Carolina Panthers, plans to leave the team at the end of this season following a Sports Illustrated story that detailed sexual misconduct and comments that had racist undertones. The Richardson story is important because more than all of the others, it signals that change in the industry is potentially on the horizon if one of the most prominent ow Read more