The u. S. Congress passed our first whistleblower law and they did it when whistleblowers sailors and marines had criticized the commander of the u. S. Navy and cooing criticizing him for mistreating british prisoners. So this was embarrassing to the u. S. Governor government. But think about it. The Founding Fathers put everything on the line. This wasnt an election. If they lost the revolution they are going to get home for treason. In the middle of that revolution they paused. They said every inhabitant of the United States should report waste, fraud and corruption even if it embarrassed the new government. And not only did they pass that law they then voted money for the lawyers for the bristle whistleblowers who had been thrown in jail and they released all the papers that were controversial, that were embarrassing to the government. And the whistleblowers won their case. Andand that was july 30, 1778. So this is not some token day. This is a day for every american to sit back and
Civil disobedience. 8 00tch sunday night at eastern on cspans q a. Ways of student athletes can reduce injury risk. We will hear from the usa football director of coaching, michael kruger. The panel held at George Washington university was moderated by the Aspen Institute john solomon. Good afternoon. My name is john solomon. Editorial director with the Aspen Institute sports and society program. We are a nonprofit in washington, d. C. Whose mission is to convene leaders, facilitate dialogue and find solutions to help the Public Interest in sports. I will be moderating our next two panels that will be exploring best practices for High School Football health. Thank you to the eric shealy foundation and George Washington university for their support in allowing the aspen to be part of this conference. Let me personally say what a great honor it is to be here myself at a conference that is in the memory of eric shealy. I think a lot of people dont know the way the name derek shealy when i