Thanks, Madam Chair.
You spoke about the fear of retaliation. You also mentioned in your introduction the use of non-disclosure agreements. In a sense, those are two sides of the same coin. Fear of retaliation leads people potentially not to speak out, for the reasons you very eloquently described, that sometimes—often—it means the kids are punished. The athletes are punished rather than the perpetrators.
In Canada, we have seen a number of cases where national sport organizations have used non-disclosure agreements to muzzle the victims after the fact, so there's fear of retaliation before they speak out. They raise concerns, and then they are muzzled permanently by a legal framework that does not allow them to speak their truth.
To what extent have you seen that in the United States? Are practices starting to change where there's an understanding that non-disclosure agreements are muzzling victims rather than helping them?