PARIS — Canada sent women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman home from the Olympics Friday, though I have to assume that as I type this, she is reading it. An analyst in Priestman’s program was caught using a drone to film an opponent’s practice, which spurred a damning TSN report that Canada’s women’s and men’s teams have been doing this “for years,” which led to Priestman leaving the defending gold medalists, which could lead to her getting fired. The analyst, Joseph Lombardi, and assistant coach Jasmine Mander were also sent home as a result.
Every Olympics has a few scandals. That comes with the territory. The Olympic motto should be Citius Altius Fortius Bribe Us. But as scandals go, this is shaping up to be a big one—bigger than it probably seems to American fans who are accustomed to videotaping scandals.
