You should take the person's advice and take the class if you are so curious. So many people commenting on things they know nothing about, no wonder there are coaches being arrested and banned daily it seems for doing stupid sh*t!
From the renewal materials I just did. It's amazing how no one understands that there is always nuance to every rule.
R. Power Imbalance
A Power Imbalance may exist:
1. Where one person is in a Position of Power such that, based on the totality of the circumstances, there is a Power Imbalance.
a. Whether someone occupies a Position of Power such that there is a Power Imbalance depends on several factors, including: the nature and extent of the supervisory, evaluative or other authority over the person; the actual relationship between the parties; the parties’ respective roles; the nature and duration of the relationship; the age of the adult; the age of the people involved.
b. Once a coach-Athlete relationship is established, a Power Imbalance is presumed to exist throughout the coach-Athlete relationship (regardless of age) and is presumed to continue for Minor Athletes after the coach-Athlete relationship terminates and the Athlete reaches 20 years of age. A Power Imbalance may exist, but is not presumed, where an Intimate Relationship existed before the sport relationship (e.g., a relationship between two spouses or life partners that preceded the sport relationship).
Is this really how it is written. Up top it says a power imbalance depends on the circumstances and then 1b) says a coach-athlete relationship is always a power imbalance? Those are contradictory statements.
Just because there's a written rule it doesn't mean that people are going to agree with it.. Laws and policies have flaws. There are just some dumb rules and laws.
For example, possession of brass knuckles, nunchucks and daggers is a wobbler in the sate of California and can be considered a felony. Dumb rule quiet honest. Same thing with safesport. Two adults doing their thing shouldn't be a big deal if one happens to be a coach. As long as their relationship is not present during their running sessions.
Here is the problem...I downloaded the SafeSport code and did a search and could not find that passage. Maybe you can find it since you are sure it is in there.
Start on page 4 with "consent" then go to page 6 to define "power Imbalance" then check page 15, "Other inappropriate contact." What "Unsafe Sport" posted was an accurate summarization of the SafeSport rules.
Still blown away that this is creating so much controversy, it's not a new, SafeSport was formed in 2017 to combat the Larry Nasser type of abuse in Olympic sports and this has been part of the code since inception. The Nasser case exemplifies how 1 person in a position of power can do horrible things without adequate checks and balances. No one is prohibiting adult to adult relationships, they are just putting a yield sign and maybe a checkpoint along the route.
I'm starting to wonder about you people... sheesh!
Yet the original post looks like it was copied from the code when it is not. I did not see it as a "summary" but as a direct quote from the code. The pages you reference are not what was put into the original post that I was looking at.
Our club team. Someone showed proof of her “accompanying him” outside club hours. Should I report?
Look, male runners need all the poon they can get. If you shut this down, you might be dooming homeboy to a lifetime of inceldom. Do you really want that on your conscience?
Wait, I thought these are all the reasons you’re supposed to want to coach? In a position of power and refrain from gaining sexual relationships? What kind of world is that?
I for one do not want to live in a world where I can’t use power for sex.
I do not see where it is mentioned or not, but Safe Sport does not have any jurisdiction over the NCAA. SS could even ban a coach and that ban is not recognized by the NCAA. One reason they do not get involved with the NCAA is because these are adults having relationships with other adults. NCAA has never explicitly banned the coach-athlete relationships.