175 Years

GYMTERNET NEWS Our weekly roundup of the latest news stories from around the gymternet include: Victim Impact Statements and why everyone should go to USAG meets dressed as Judge Rosemarie Aquilina. Mattie Larson made a big impact talking about how USAG created an abusive environment.  McKenzie Wooford backed her up.  Rachael Denhollander gave a speech to go down in the history books, "What Is A Little Girl Worth?" Who should play her in the Oscar-winning movie? We explain why Judge Aquilina was legally allowed to be partial so everyone can calm down. USOC cracking down...now...suddenly. We have feelings.  Why the Daniels Report wasn't enough. Aly Raisman hit the USOC back with her own demands for an independent investigation. We want a Truth and Reconciliation hearing with Valeri Liukin. Congress passed Senate Bill 534 Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act. Next step is Trump's signature.  These three voted against the bill. Feel free to vote them out of office: Justin Amash, Michigan’s 3rd congressional district Thomas Massie, Kentucky’s 4th congressional district Mark Sanford, South Carolina’s 1st congressional district John Geddart of Twistars was suspended, then hilariously announced he is going to retire. He moved the gym into his wife's name, if/when he is banned by USAG, he will have to be entirely unaffiliated with the gym if the gym wants to retain its membership. Jessica called the police on him and it didn't go well. MSU Lou Anna Simon resigned. Still no one fired at MSU except for Nassar. MSU produced two different Title IX investigation reports. The the version not given to the victim said Nassar was “exposing patients to unnecessary trauma…” Joel Ferguson, a trustee and vice-chair of the MSU board, has not stepped down. Instead he supported Simon: “There’s so many more things going on at the university than just this Nassar thing.” Miss Val on radio last week said, ex-USAG President, Steve Penny, told her he let Marta get away with being abusive because she won. NCAA RECAP! (1:24:43) The week of CRACK! Even Kathy Johnson had to take to Twitter to complain! The judges gave Alex McMurtry's upgraded DTY, doesn’t stick, a 10 The judges gave OU's beam rotation 9.9s, even Bre Showers  Florida needed 9.925 to win, judges gave it to Baumann Maggie Nichols didn't get a 10 on vault, Kennedy Baker no 10 on floor Stanford/Oregon State bars scoring was ridiculous UCLA beat LSU at Metroplex with 197.625 SUPPORT THE SHOW Join Club Gym Nerd here. Buy one of our awesome clothing and gifts here. RELATED EPISODES 288: Ding Dong The Ranch Is Dead 287: Simone and Maggie Too 286: Cover Your Eyes and Silently Scream 282: GymCastic Book Club – Fierce, by Aly Raisman 281.5: Aly Raisman Comes Forward As Nassar Victim 277.5: McKayla Maroney Alleges Abuse from Nassar 259: The Nassar Plea, Parkour Responds to FIG, and Ranch Updates! 257: The Daniels Report 254: Vanessa Atler 246: Kathy Johnson Clarke Regionals Preview 245: Steve Penny is GONE 243: Senate Bill 534 242: Standards 241: The Pittsburgh Incident 232: Conflict of Interest 227: Jane Doe2 Sues Karolyis 221: Jane Doe vs. USAG Doctor 187: McKayla Maroney 88: Rhonda Faehn & Mackenzie Caquatto