I'm just going to address this part: The ISCC is NOT the same it was in it's hey-day, when all the abuse happened starting with Young, and then the others up to about 2013. I know it has new owners and things are definitely not the same. It also doesn't have the popularity it had back then when it was a hotspot for Ice Dance as well as International Elite Mens and Womens skaters. There were many well known International Coaches there then that no longer are, they have moved on. It only has a small program now.If anyone has anything to answer for, it should be Connecticut given they have had multiple incidents like this occur and need to look at how they are actually keeping their athletes safe.
What happened there over the years of the abuses is horrible and I will not be talking further of that, it's too close to figurative "home" for me.
I have former friends from the competitive world that coach in that area and others but I have not been back to that area in years. Too many bad memories.
The point of my post is: You cannot say that the ISCC needs to answer for things now b/c it isn't the same place or owners that it was then. The newer owners were the ones that actually kicked Young out when the allegations initially happened in the early 2000's.
And don't even get me started about those blaming this on IAM when they had nothing to do with it and many there are still in shock.
The skaters/coaches who are the abusers are the ones responsible and should answer for what they did. Not the skating centers who in many cases are the ones keeping the skaters safe or at least trying to. You can't always pick someone out as a bad apple or there would never be instances of these horrible things happening in this world.
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