In a series of tweets, Strickland compared West and Barry to Harvey Weinstein and Michael Jackson. Both of the coaches have controversial relationships with their students Aspen Ladd, and Rose Namajunas. The nature of the relationships is controversial because they’ve dated their students since they’ve been teenagers.
Due to West and Barry having coached their pupils since they’ve been children, they’ve since been accused of grooming. Strickland seems to agree with that assessment, as he discussed the power dynamic between coaches and their trainees on Twitter.
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Due to West and Barry having coached their pupils since they’ve been children, they’ve since been accused of grooming. Strickland seems to agree with that assessment, as he discussed the power dynamic between coaches and their trainees on Twitter.
View: https://twitter.com/SStricklandMMA/status/1517244087484645376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1517244087484645376%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-25471569272354975014.ampproject.net%2F2203281422000%2Fframe.html
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Sean Strickland weighs in on male coaches dating female fighters: “Is Jim West and Pat Barry the Weinstine of MMA?” | BJPenn.com
Controversial UFC middleweight Sean Strickland has given his thoughts on coaches Pat Barry and Jim West dating their female fighters.
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