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'Nobody said anything because they feared being benched' – how abuse is baked into American sports

  • Written by Rick Eckstein, Professor of Sociology, Villanova University
'Nobody said anything because they feared being benched' – how abuse is baked into American sportsToo many coaches seem to believe that physical and emotional abuse creates better athletes.imbarney22/E+ via Getty Images

As someone who has been researching, writing and teaching about women’s and girls sports for the past 15 years, I wasn’t surprised by the recent revelations of sexual and verbal abuse by National Women’s Soccer...

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