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USAG also has no stipulations (i.e. release requirements) on athletes leaving for another gym. Gabrielle Douglas could have trained with the same coach her entire life and left the week before Olympic Trials to train elsewhere.When CP first started this sport she was with a program that was built for military kids by two military wives. Without notice, because that's the military for you, we lost one coach and lost the other a month later. Both were supposed to be there for several more years. Should they be punished because of their husband's jobs?
USAG doesn't have this same standard; coaching leaving/being fired and going elsewhere, why should USASF? This will sound weird coming from me because I am a registered Democrat, but I'm not in favor of a large governing body and this would make USASF bigger than it already should be.