The policy meant nothing if the Blackhawks leaders could simply put it aside until it was more convenient. What would real change look like? We know the Blackhawks had a corporate policy in place in 2010 when Beach made his complaint. Quenneville and Bowman can lose their jobs, but those punishments do nothing to prevent the next scandal. The Blackhawks situation makes it obvious that many of these scandals come down to a failure of leadership. It shouldn't be up to Beach, Sheldon Kennedy, Simone Biles, dozens more American gymnasts, and Bo Schembechler's son to bare their souls to get the rest of us to pay attention. Despite dozens of scandals, young athletes' dreams and aspirations can be twisted grotesquely by predators operating not just in the shadows but in plain sight. "Because it not only affected me as a young adult and now as a 31-year-old man, but it also affected kids because it was not handled in a correct way." Dave Sandford / NHL / Getty Imagesįor decades, though, sports' history of sexual abuse has run like clockwork. "I hope that this entire process can make a systematic change to make sure this never happens again," Beach said. On Wednesday, Kyle Beach told TSN's Rick Westhead that he hoped the release of the report from the independent investigation would make a difference.
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