But it's the other way around, isn't it? The SafeSport Center was created only in 2017, mostly in response to the gymnastics case which went back to the 1990s but came fully to light only in 2017.
The problem with these organizations (the drug compliance folks, too), is that they have quasi-legal powers but they report only to the USOC or to the individual sports governing bodies. They are not the police. They are not officers of the courts.
Exactly re: the opening of SafeSport (along with the swimming, taekwondo, etc abuse scandals). Also, when it opened its doors it had 4 employees. Now it has 29 but they still lack both the manpower, the funds, and the actual power to be truly effective. The NGBs and USOC carry the burden of having allowed abuse to run rampant in their sports, not SafeSport.
Sources: https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...lights-usocs-long-standing-faults/2380724002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...fohl-safesports-ceo-stepping-down/2438229002/