“It’s time for things to change” in the federations, according to Jean-Luc Brassard

We definitely got there in the world of sports. Something must happen. We see this in so many federations with dozens of athletes not only reporting individual cases, but also group cases happening in Canadian sport.first informed Brassard about the measures announced Sunday by Minister St-Onge, particularly by forcing national sporting organizations to take responsibility and by changing the criteria for funding.

” It’s time for something to happen. This is a step in the right direction. Now, it’s important that boots adhere to chops because in the federated sports world, the same people are still in place like when I was an athlete. “

Jean-Luc Brassard’s comments are confirmed with an overview, albeit a brief, of the roadmaps of several federation leaders who have become career managers by moving from one federation to another within of several decades.

These people who have been blindfolded for years, will they change overnight? It remains to be checked. Hopefully the minister has the support he needs to really move things around. I liked that, in his report, he put out financial considerations and penalties for those who don’t want to change. And those are the roots of the warhe insisted.

Brassard said he was encouraged to see that a minister was dealing with the problem directly. He has only been in office for five months and now, Minister St-Onge is taking more steps than all the ministers in the past 20 years.he pointed out.

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For him, the boards of federations must be transparent and accountable. Jean-Luc Brassard refutes the notion that these organizations may not know what is going on in their backyard.

It’s not true that they don’t know what’s going on. We have seen this in the past. These people should be used for something and not just to keep track of the budgets of federations that are usually minimalist.he said.

For Brassard, the priority of managers should be the health and safety of athletes. He resented the notion that we accept to close our eyes to everyone in the name of performance.

” There is only one observation, and it is a massive failure. These people must have some serious soul searching to do. They have the power to change things, but not for all sorts of reasons. If they don’t have the past, will they suddenly do it in the future? It remains to be checked. “

The former athlete does more by denouncing all forms of abuse, harassment, intimidation or completely outdated training techniques.

The mentality that you have to suffer to be an Olympic athlete, that you have to sacrifice, has been around for a long time. It exists only in the popular imagination. There are so many athletes who have achieved great performances while progressing. Sport should be first and foremost in a school of life, even at the highest level.

Let’s learn to beat and win. Let us learn to surpass ourselves. Like anyone going to school. If he does it in a good mood through progress, his scores will be better than if he does it with whips or being ostracized throughout his career.

There is no difference in the world of sports. Just so, there are old concepts that you have to be hurt, you have to suffer, where you have to pull yourself into a tub of thorns. It is clearly outdated. It is time for us to face ithe concludes.

(Information from Gabrielle Proulx)