Whose voice counts?
It’s a question that should have been asked the many times girls and young women expressed concerns about Larry Nassar and his “treatments,” only to be ignored, chastised or told, patronizingly, that they must be mistaken.
And it’s a question that should be asked now, as the gymnastics community tries to put itself back together and find a way forward.
The University of Michigan announced Sunday night that it was canceling its contract with Rhonda Faehn, whom it had hired three days earlier as a consultant for its women’s gymnastics team. In her previous job, as women’s program director at USA Gymnastics, Faehn was the federation’s first top-level official to learn of gymnasts’ complaints about Nassar.