Campaign calls on professional sports clubs to implement sexual misconduct policies after Goodwillie scandal
End Sexual Misconduct In Sport has written an open letter to every professional sports team in the country calling for them to adopt explicit guidelines on how to deal with sexual crimes and harassment. The campaign was created in the wake of the signings of David Goodwillie by Raith Rovers and Lasse Uusivirta by ice hockey side Glasgow Clan in 2022.
It also aims to provide players, coaches and staff with a concrete reporting process for sexual harassment in clubs. "It also tells young players and kids growing up idolising their sporting heroes that their behaviour doesn't matter as long as they play a sport. There has been a shift in the attitude towards sexual misconduct but there is more that needs to be done."
"They have tried to gloss over they have done in the past. Fans' reactions [to signings like Goodwillie] gives us hope that things will change."
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