While there are those who undoubtedly are rejoicing over the resignation of U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun, the proper response to this news should be sadness.
Sadness over the awful sex abuse scandals that have befallen the U.S. Olympic world in two of its most popular and successful sports, gymnastics and swimming.
Sadness that our culture — not just leaders of the USOC, but all of us — has been so slow to react to protect our children from these horrors of youth sports.
Sadness that Blackmun, 60, a man who brought internal change and international respect to the USOC over the past eight years, has decided to leave due to ongoing health issues resulting from his recent surgery for prostate cancer.