USA Gymnas?us Stephen Penny. .Ir.

thene r130 to the level as a threat to children?

A Sorry, that's my alarm again.

So because my attorney is not objecting to
any of the form of your question, I am going to
go ahead and answer it.

I believe that I have the oxporienoe based
on my involvement in sport over the years and
based on my observations and the pooplo that
surround me that help me make good decisions
every day, that when things like this arise,
that I have the ability to make gOod judgments
about what the next best stops might be, booed
on the governing documenta that I have and the
way in which misconduct and abuse is described
and based on the experience I have had as CEO of
USA Gymnastics, to address these issues. And
the one of the moat fundamental elements of
launching an investigation is substantiating the
claim.

And the reason that's important in becauoe
that under the Amateur Sports Act, both the
athlete and the coach have rights of membership.

And one of the most important reasons that
you substantiate a claim is because the

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a witch hunt, baoomos very real. And so it's
possible that someone may make a claim like this
because they don't like someone or because they
heard a rumor or because they 
information through other third parties.

And so, fundamentally, when you have the
umbrella of the Amateur Sports Act and the
US Olympic Committee and youf ?w your
burden the burdon of proof kind of weighs on
your ability to move forward and think about
ousponsion or think about next steps, you have
to take that very ooriously, because the coach
is as much a mombar as the athlete.

So that's the best answer I can give you as
to my perception as CEO and my knowledge and
ability to address issues of this type.

What?s more important, a coach's ability to

coach or an athlete?s ability to participate in

the sport of gymnastics in a safe environment?
A The most important thing o?
MR. ATHANS: Object to the form of the
question.

THE WITNESS: I?m sorry.

MR. ATHANS: Now you may

Thank you.

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