NCAA Kara Eaker, from University of Utah to Georgia

[blake]

Kara Eaker announces her retirement. I hope she can find peace. It sounds like she had an awful experience at Utah.

 

[GLeigh]

Devastating. Such a shame she’s had to go through this and probably even harder for her to compare herself to Leanne who at least seems to have absolutely flourished and seems to have great relationships with her coaches

 

[Sasha]

That is … a really bad look for Tom, even after all the other stuff we’ve heard recently. So much worse than I’d imagined.

 

[irichluck21]

 

[makam]

It sucks for her that it is ending like that. I cand absolutely see why she wants to be done with all of it, but i hope she doesn’t let it permanently handicap her future and finds a better school to finish her degree.

 

[irichluck21]

That is … a really bad look for Tom, even after all the other stuff we’ve heard recently. So much worse than I’d imagined.

Utah keeping Tom after all the previous allegations and now this. That’s a bad look for the athletic department.

Farden needs to go immediately.

 

[rlayt]

Wow this is awful for her. How can they justify Tom being kept on as coach?

 

[Sasha]

Wow this is awful for her. How can they justify Tom being kept on as coach?

I wouldn’t be surprised if this does him in.

 

[rlayt]

Let’s hope so.

 

[irichluck21]

I wouldn’t be surprised if this does him in.

Eaker, a high profile gymnast, elite, World gold medalist and Olympic alternate saying she was subjected to abuse which caused her health to diminish to the point of retiring is a HUGE red flag.

Eaker could have gone to ANY university but chose Utah and they failed her.

 

[GLeigh]

Especially when her coach before him was Al Fong and his however-many Safe Sport allegations

 

[Sasha]

Especially when her coach before him was Al Fong and his however-many Safe Sport allegations

I was gonna say, high profile gymnast, elite, etc., WHO TRAINED UNDER AL EFFING FONG. I doubt she’s a delicate flower.

 

[makam]

That’s a bad look for the athletic department.

If they don’t can him, i can’t imagine how recruiting would go. God knows, if i had a kid committed to Utah, they would be breaking that commitment pronto. Even if it meant they would be doing a year of community college. No way would i send a relative of mine into that mess.

 

[MaryClare]

If they don’t can him, i can’t imagine how recruiting would go. God knows, if i had a kid committed to Utah, they would be breaking that commitment pronto. Even if it meant they would be doing a year of community college. No way would i send a relative of mine into that mess.

Have they signed anyone this past week now that it’s NLI time? I can’t think of anyone

 

[MaryClare]

Poor Kara. What an absolutely f*cking awful way for such a beautiful gymnast to end her career.

 

[GLeigh]

They’ve had a couple of 2025 commits: Bailey Stroud and Sage Curtis, but NLI signing day for the 2024s (Avery Neff, Clara Raposo, Zoe Johnson) hasn’t happened yet

 

[MaryClare]

They’ve had a couple of 2025 commits: Bailey Stroud and Sage Curtis, but NLI signing day for the 2024s (Avery Neff, Clara Raposo, Zoe Johnson) hasn’t happened yet

I see, thank you

 

[Sasha]

Leaving her program and losing the last two years of a full scholarship is no joke, either. That’s got to be incredibly upsetting, among everything else.

 

[JaJa]

Eaker, a high profile gymnast, elite, World gold medalist and Olympic alternate saying she was subjected to abuse which caused her health to diminish to the point of retiring is a HUGE red flag.

Eaker could have gone to ANY university but chose Utah and they failed her.

We are understating this folks. This is, if true, beyond an outrage. Possibly criminal.

 

[RedBirdie]

That was devastating to read. No one should have to endure that.