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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I'm still rather focused on this part of the story, which I fear is getting overlooked:
I get that Brind'Amour wants to move on from the incident—that the team wanted to move on at the time—but isn't this just illustrative of the larger problem here? I think it is fair to consider Bill Peters an abuser with everything that has come out, including all the stuff from Carolina. But doesn't the decision made to handle this internally not also help to promote the perpetuation of abuse, and enable the abuser?
Some people have made a big deal about how much Treliving should have known about Bill Peters abusive behaviour. However, given the fact that Rod Brind'Amour is STILL of the opinion that burying the issue is an acceptable response to dealing with abuse, how confident can anyone be that this stuff would ever be disclosed after the fact?
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You can’t be confident.
There is still and always will be a power imbalance.
Coaches control ice time, which directly impact opportunity to succeed, and there are always a number of justifications they can hide behind if they need to.
Having a hard line on the examples of physical abuse is possible, but trying to identify less obvious abuses of power will always be a challenge