WAG Creepy Nassar Video

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Okay I stand corrected. I guess I jumped to a conclusion because of the surrounding events. I am sorry.

Maybe the mods could remove the thread because I don't want to spread false information.
it is a conversation that was eventually going to come up here. It is important for us to discuss it as a community.
 
No, I totally get where you are coming from. And people, like you, who had personal interaction with him have an added perspective that others, like me, can't have. I appreciate your sharing of your story.

Thanks. It really just hits way too close to home. Ugh. And especially when his whole defense has been blurring the line between treatment and abuse. So any treatment of any kind is now completely tainted to me.
 
I watched a few of the videos out of curiosity. What struck me was the girls in the videos did not look like they wanted to be there at all. One had a Michigan State shirt on and she was frowning the whole time and even jumped slightly when he touched her upper leg. I'm thinking a lot of these girls got the same "creepy" feeling that Aly had. Knowing what we know now I think YouTube should take down his whole channel. There is no reason he should be making money off advertisements while he is sitting in prison!
 
Knowing what we know now I think YouTube should take down his whole channel. There is no reason he should be making money off advertisements while he is sitting in prison!
I didn't even think of the advertisement angle!

Is there a place on youtube to report his channel? I sent something through feedback but I don't see anything to directly report except for each individual video
 
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I think they should be taken down because they also in a way provide identifying information about potential victims, knowing how many he abused. Unfortunately I don't have a YT account to flag it. And using fabric to demonstrate the fascia is fine, he can get a different piece of fabric. I find it hard to believe anyone thinks they wouldn't be uncomfortable with that.
 
I’m fine with the content of most of the videos, I’m guilty of using those videos over the years in research for issues my own kid has had at different times...so would be hypocritical of me to condemn them. That being said, in light of information about him available now one does look at those videos with a whole new vision right.

Quite frankly anything else aside, I’m shocked that his lawyers haven’t taken them down. Every single one is a potential piece of evidence and potential victim, and source of jury contamination as it can and has been viewed by unlimited source of people. How many people have viewed them before all this came out....now, how many went and searched and vowed after all this came out??? If I was his lawyer I would’ve taken them immediately
 
I finally got up the stomach to watch this. The angle was completely unnecessary. He definitely was alone with her, adjusting the camera himself on a tripod. Just no. If he weren't taking the plea, I'd have a mind to send this off to the prosecuting team myself.
 
I remember finding a link to that channel years ago and watching a few of the videos for ideas on exercises for certain common complaints. I totally had a weird feeling when watching them, but I think it was largely because of the setting- I know I would feel super uncomfortable with a doctor performing a procedure on me in a private room with someone filming! I think I would have felt better had it been done out on a gym floor or someplace more out in the open. I know it was his office and that those athletes probably spent a lot of time in there, but this was a video being filmed for educational purposes- it could have been done elsewhere. I am surprised these videos are still on Youtube, I assumed they would be long gone.
But I agree that it serves as a good point of discussion, especially for those who are involved in the medical treatment of athletes to get them thinking about how every choice they make matters and to always err on the side of caution and patient safety. Obviously in this case, we know the outcome so our viewing is done in light of that and particularly critical, but even those medical professionals with a clean record and honest intentions are open to scrutiny, especially now (which is a great thing!). Point out what parts of the video are educational and okay vs. those that are unnecessary and causing potential discomfort or even harm to the patient. Get them thinking about how even an act they believe is helpful or instructional can be perceived as harmful by the recipient.
(This is not to say that I think Nassar actually thought he was being helpful, he knew darn well what he was doing. But there are cases where a professional acts in a harmful way unintentionally- I used to work in social services and it happened all the time- and this could serve as a tool in that regard.)
 
Btw guys I'm the last person to recklessly accuse someone. My own coach jumped to Nassar's defense on Facebook when he was accused, and I remained extremely skeptical until the child-porn evidence came out. That's when I felt certain that Nassar had done wrong.
 
I’m fine with the content of most of the videos, I’m guilty of using those videos over the years in research for issues my own kid has had at different times...so would be hypocritical of me to condemn them.
I don't know - I used his videos
G-U-I-L-T-Y. The End.
I think we all agree on that. :) , but do you think youtube needs to take down the channel.
 
I don't know - I used his videos

I think we all agree on that. :) , but do you think youtube needs to take down the channel.

of course. my understanding is that they've already been asked...numerous times. 1st amendment they say...BULL****
 
OH...AND VERY INSENSITIVE IN LIGHT OF THE PREVAILING CONDITIONS I MIGHT ADD.
 
this leo thing is a very common way to demonstrate how facia work. i have seen it done (with fabrics of all kinds) at varies occasions at different workshops and seminars.

That is as good a reason as any to be having this conversation. That sort of fondling of a child's tight fitting clothing shouldn't be accepted or normalised as a demonstration technique. As physical contact goes, it well and truly falls into the category of completely unnecessary. It bigtime fails the 'do I need to?' test. Does a physiotherapist need to touch a kid to demonstrate a muscle release technique - maybe yes. Do they need to yank a child's clothing around as an analogy for facia. No they don't, and it is selling kids short to accept that they do.
 
to clarify i have seen it done with fabric someone wore, not necessariliy a child. most seminars do not have kids as demonstrators in the coaching world in europe if you leave the gymnastics camp. and in my personal opinion this technqiue is not the problem. abuse and the culture of little soldiers lining up and just nodding their little heads is the problem in gymnastics. the main problem is not the nassar person but the culture that enabled his actions. coaches (and also some parents and most importantly the kids themselves) have to start to see the gymnasts as persons with rights and a voice, which is not to be silenced by stating it to be "talking back" or "questioning authority" or "having an attitude".
 

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