The U.S. Center for SafeSport says it has recorded a 125% increase in new visitors to its online Centralized Disciplinary Database. The rise is reported to have occurred after SafeSport began issuing public, weekly updates about adults who are banned or otherwise restricted from participation in sport.
SafeSport says the additional outreach is intended to improve public awareness of the sanctions and related statuses reflected in the database. The Washington Times similarly reports that the number of new visitors increases sharply in the month following SafeSport’s decision to make sanctions more visible through public announcements.
Together, the accounts focus on the same timing: SafeSport’s move toward public communications about disciplinary actions corresponds with a significant jump in database traffic. Both sources describe the increase as occurring around the period when the organization started publicizing sanctions, while providing consistent framing that the database is used to track disciplinary outcomes.
