Penn State women's gymnastics program - coaches fat shamed student athletes

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Former NCAA athletes who trained under Jeff and Rachelle Thompson on the Penn State women's gymnastics team are speaking out about the emotional abuse they say they suffered under those coaches.
Two former gymnasts described to PEOPLE how they were demeaned, pressured to continue practicing through injuries and body-shamed by coaches (one of whom allegedly told the team, "you guys look like you ate your way" through a school break).
In a story that first broke in Penn State's independent student newspaper, The Daily Collegian, in April, several gymnasts who trained with them at both PSU and, previously, Auburn, spoke out about what they call unfair and abusive tactics employed by the Thompsons. The 2015-2016 Penn State team featured no seniors – all eight of the athletes recruited as freshman in 2012 had quit or were released by the team by the time they were seniors in 2016.
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Penn State Gymnasts Allege Emotional Abuse, Body-Shaming Against Coaches: 'They Took Everything Away from Me'

Penn State athletics is caught in another problem.

 

[...o3]

...shaming young girls for being over weight? is the coaching staff coli members?

 

[Tapp]

Didn't read lol

But to its a fckn sport, if you not at fight weight get the fukk out the ring. I understand fat shaming but wtf it's sports if you don't want the lifestyle don't play

 

[plushcarpet]

so what? we should be fat shaming the entire country

we're obese as fuk and the world laughs at us for it

 

[Doobie Doo]

I remember trying out for JV football and having the coaches in your face screaming at you making all types of physical threats about how they were gonna kick my fukking ass and probably cussed more than players. I never quit, got cut tho but that ain't quitting. I was only 14 and these girls are 18-22 having emotional breakdowns.


fukk these sensitive ass bytches.

 

[IWunD3r]

Weren't all these cac reporters fat shaming Jameis last year?
I guess the penn state coach had a fallin out with hire ups.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

so what? we should be fat shaming the entire country

we're obese as fuk and the world laughs at us for it

The funny shyt is the rest of the world is fat as fukk too

The myth that these other countries are so healthy is false

fukking Okinawa use to be the longevity capital of the world and healthy as fukk
But now they have the highest rise of diabetes in the world and have extreme obese rates

The whole world is fat

 

[Sterling Archer]

Penn State's gymnastic program isnt even ranked anymore because of those flabby and sick gymnasts and they are mad that Penn State coaches told them what their deficiencies were and to do better?

I mean... It's sports. I don't care how you feel. You aren't performing because you are out of shape. Fix it.

Article said none of the girls that came in as freshmen made it to senior year as if that means anything other than their particular class was unusually flabby and incoming freshmen athletes were better and fitter than that class of girls who are complaining now.

Non story by butt hurt girls who took the "Freshmen 15" too far. :tellme:

 

[plushcarpet]

The funny shyt is the rest of the world is fat as fukk too

The myth that these other countries are so healthy is false

fukking Okinawa use to be the longevity capital of the world and healthy as fukk
But now they have the highest rise of diabetes in the world and have extreme obese rates

The whole world is fat

that may be true, but we are leading the pack and we are the fattest by a mile

 

[StickStickly]

Gymnastics coaches are notorious for their ruthlessness

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Meh I'm cool with this so called fat shaming

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

so what? we should be fat shaming the entire country

we're obese as fuk and the world laughs at us for it

You mean the world where the majorities eat rice and insects with every meal.

 

[plushcarpet]

You mean the world where the majorities eat rice and insects with every meal.

and? yea we have more food, but we're obese, depressed, lonely and addicted to pharmaceuticals

 

[Reflected]

You come into a wrestling meet overweight and you be laughed out of building and will most likely lose your spot, I don't hear anyone claiming fat shaming then. I'm sure it definitely applies to gymnastics, you have a figure to maintain and that is obvious when you look at the people that compete at the highest levels. "Fat Shaming" Where was the "skinny shaming" when I was severely underweight as a kid? LMFAO

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

and? yea we have more food, but we're obese, depressed, lonely and addicted to pharmaceuticals

You said the world was laughing at us. I assure you they arent.