Abuse of Process

Future of sport in Canada should not be American-style injustice

Canada and the United States are adopting the worst of each other's sport safe guarding regimes. Can either side impose a trade embargo on bad ideas?

Apr 22 • George MJ Perry

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Spirit of 2020 + Lessons of 1990

We shouldn't "gauck" cancellers. But cancel mobs cannot be allowed to coast into mythology.

Apr 17 • George MJ Perry

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Three safe guarding violations a day

Coaching is fast becoming a career-threatening activity for American coaches.

Apr 9 • George MJ Perry

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Atlas, canceled

"Where are they now?" is another way of asking "What have we done?"

Apr 2 • George MJ Perry

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March 2026

The Impact of Cancel (Revenge) Culture

In 2020, I was forced out of a career I loved. Six years later, the repercussions persist, leaving me unable to secure full-time employment despite my…

Published on Ed Roos • Mar 26

February 2026

Olympian's race against time shows need for public vindications

Investigative tribunals usually put a formal stamp on cancelations. They should offer a "white listing" as a token of reputational repair to those they…

Feb 26 • George MJ Perry

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"Unsafe in Any Sport": Purpose of SafeSport is what it does

If it looks like a state actor, talks like a state actor, and deprives citizens of liberty and property like a state actor... it's the US Center for…

Feb 20 • George MJ Perry

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No innocent construction

Cancelations start by ruling out the possibility of goodwill. That is especially easy in sport, a culture that is superficially familiar but profoundly…

Feb 5 • George MJ Perry

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January 2026

Hotel California FC

Lifetime coaching licenses from US Soccer: this could be heaven or this could be hell. For one coach trying to reclaim his reputation, it's hell.

Jan 14 • George MJ Perry

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First draft, final word: Cancelation, narrative foreclosure, and counter-narrative (Updated)

If an accusation is worth reporting, an exoneration is worth at least an edit.

Jan 7 • George MJ Perry

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December 2025

What the yakuza can teach us about cancelation

Banishment is one of the most severe punishments in the Japanese underworld. That alone should tell us something about the consequences of cancelation.

Dec 30, 2025 • George MJ Perry

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Crimes need court, not SafeSport

All the US Center for SafeSport had to do was pick up the phone or send an email. But anyone else could have done that, too.

Dec 13, 2025 • George MJ Perry

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