Category Archives: TRUST: COACH-ATHLETE FIDUCARY RELATIONSHIP

FORMER PENN STATE FOOTBALL COACH CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ABUSE

“A former defensive coordinator for the Penn State football team was arrested yesterday Saturday Nov 2 2011 on charges of sexually abusing eight boys across a 15-year period. Jerry Sandusky, 67, who had worked with needy children through his Second Mile foundation. Gary Schultz, the senior vice president for finance and business, and Tim Curley, […]

TRUST: THE ATHLETE-COACH-INSTITUTION-FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP

Today’s Youth, College and Olympic Athletes are extremely vulnerable, because of the Power Gap that exists between them and the Coach, the College and/or an Olympic Team. Institutions of Higher Learning and their Governing Boards are responsible “for athletics policy and oversight and must fulfill this fiduciary responsibility. The board must act decisively to uphold […]