Just a reminder that protecting athletes from sexual misconduct is not important to AAU Sports or AAU Track and Field.
AAU has a handbook similar to USATF’s SafeSport Handbook… but if they ever take any action against coaches who violate it, we’ll never know because they never take public action.
AAU does not recognize SafeSport. A coach banned by SafeSport for sexual misconduct is free to coach in AAU if they can pass the background check. We have several coaches on our banned list that can pass a background check.
We know AAU hates banning coaches because we can see how hard it was for victims of Rick Butler (volleyball) to get him banned from AAU.
If AAU ever did ban a coach for noncriminal sexual misconduct, USATF would never know, because AAU doesn’t share that information, there would be nothing to stop that coach from joining USATF.
If you love AAU and care about whether or not they are enabling predators to have access to children, demand that they do better. Bans should be public and AAU should respect SafeSport bans.