He's the CEO of a major organization, he's taking it for granted and tweeting out silly things into the public domain.
So he was canned for inappropriate conduct.
He became caught up in the social nature of Twitter and didn't think about using it strictly with a professional dialogue.
Wetcoast wrote:
Retired? Perhaps a little volunteer/voluntold thing here....forced out over sexualised tweets
How do leaders, coaches etc in sports while in the public eye not know not to do this by now? Just how?
https://athleticsillustrated.com/david-bedford-ceo-of-athletics-canada-retires/
He tweeted those things? He deserves to be out for not being smart enough to know that.
Wet Coast wrote:
runnersweb makes a good point about the males racing females.
In regards to age. I don't know. He is not 80-100 years old and "losing it" or from the "old days" excuse. This would not have been right 20 years ago. That's a long time.
Importantly, it speaks to greater things. Chances are there is more to him than just replying on Twitter. Thin edge of the wedge scenario?
He immediately shot down his Twitter account. He was immediately (after meeting with board chair) "retired" which is interesting.....
We didn't even have social media 20 years ago, and harmless jokes like his Tweets were commonplace. If somebody from 2001 was transported to today they would need at least a week to acclimatise to the post cultural revolution rules of conduct.
If they were transported ,maybe, but if you were just awake and older than 14 you should know how to act. ( which how could you be 14 after 20 years ).
Coevett wrote:
If somebody from 2001 was transported to today they would need at least a week to acclimatise to the post cultural revolution rules of conduct.
Sure. I think if he had just time-traveled from the past, and had only been in the present for less than a week, people might have been willing to give him a pass. But he's been living in the present for considerably more than a week, so that suggests he's too slow on the uptake to head a major public sporting organization.
Coevett wrote:
Wet Coast wrote:
runnersweb makes a good point about the males racing females.
In regards to age. I don't know. He is not 80-100 years old and "losing it" or from the "old days" excuse. This would not have been right 20 years ago. That's a long time.
Importantly, it speaks to greater things. Chances are there is more to him than just replying on Twitter. Thin edge of the wedge scenario?
He immediately shot down his Twitter account. He was immediately (after meeting with board chair) "retired" which is interesting.....
We didn't even have social media 20 years ago, and harmless jokes like his Tweets were commonplace. If somebody from 2001 was transported to today they would need at least a week to acclimatise to the post cultural revolution rules of conduct.
"Harmless jokes"? Imagine you're a young woman being abused by her coach, when the CEO of the governing body is laughing publicly about stuff like this. It's not going to inspire confidence is it?
The culture of the organization is set at the top (see increasing racism under Trump, and increasing disregard for covid rules in 10 Downing Street). If casual sexualized jokes are part of the culture he's creating, he needs to be retired.
Moving on, it will be interesting to see who applies in the short deadline that they have.
1. From the "sexualized" posts, the issue seems rather inflated and smacks of a backroom hatchet job - where amok political correctness and covert political opportunism meet.
2. No sympathy for Bedford nonetheless. Executives shouldn't need to be Mirandized; "anything you say on Social Media can and will be used against you... "