Yes, the practice is starting to change. People are speaking out and saying, “We're not going to sign an NDA.” The problem isn't just silencing the victim—that is a huge problem—but also protecting the abuser, because when you have an NDA, all you're doing is saying, “Yes, you were abused, but now we're going to keep that coach. We're going to keep that doctor. We're going to keep that person in place because no one's going to know about it.” All that the NDAs do—and that's the conversation in the United States—is protect the abuser, so NDAs have to go away.
We need to protect whistle-blowers. We need to protect those people who report. Stop the fear and start putting the fear in the abusers. Let them get help. Let them walk out into a different career. Let them do something else. Let's punish them, but let's stop the fear in the athletes. They are your assets. Why are they in fear?