CONTEST What: 5 winners get a copy of Miss Val’s book: Life is Short, Don’t Wait to Dance  Grand Prize: Book and 15 minute personal phone call with Miss Val. How to Enter: Using the #DontWaitToDance on Twitter or Instagram tag us @GymCastic with a 5 second video doing your favorite UCLA floor choreography. Doesn't have to be you, use your dog, fingers, make a friend do it.  Bonus entries: Link to the book. Enter as many times as you want.  When: Now to October 5th *Conflict of Interest Disclaimer: Jessica's husband co-authored this book. THE BIG STORIES Miss Val will retire after the 2019 season (3:30) Nostalgia for the age of larger-than-life coaches What does UCLA do now? And is it a knife fight for the head coach position? MLT interview - the aftermath (20:20) How Jessica feels about it now and why she never wants to do it again “This is a sense in which reconciliation can serve as a powerful force for societal healing. But at the same time, these negative consequences on the individual psyche are still there." Reactions, regrets, impressions, hopes, frustrations, and feedback What Jetter and her dad had to say Kensley attended US men's selection camp and has ALL THE SCOOPS (59:40) Mikulak, Moldauer, Yoder, Modi, and Van Wicklen will go to Doha Why Whittenburg was left off the national team Marvin Kimble drama-things Why Brett McClure is scared of the Olympic tour The trashy gym and mismatched equipment the US men have to use MEET NEWS Pan American Championships (1:31:13) Dominance from the US women (duh) Grace McCallum's world championships chances Trinity Thomas makes history Don't sleep on Team Mexico JUSTICE FOR THE WOMEN OF CUBA The US men won with consistency Manrique was the Manrique of the meet Becky Downie is doing a 6.6 BARS ROUTINE GYMTERNET NEWS (1:46:29) Ropes and Gray is delayed until the end of 2018 Mary Lou Retton is on Dancing with the Stars ...... Lobbied Senator Feinstein against the SafeSport bill Alyssa Beckerman with Inside Gym: “You hear a lot that Larry Nassar was a tumor on an otherwise perfect system and… NO! Larry preyed upon a broken system.” Note to MLR FYI: World Championships is canceled Celine Van Gerner and Eythora Thorsdottir will not compete Bram Verhofstad didn't make the Dutch men's team Coline Devillard is out for France The Thema Williams trial has begun Peyton Ernst is retiring Stacey Ervin did a WWE something or other FURTHER READING US Men – World Championship Selection The Miss Val Show Pan American Championships – What Happened There? SUPPORT THE SHOW Join Club Gym Nerd here. Our worlds merchandise is HERE! Check it out! RELATED EPISODES 322: Mary Lee Tracy Truth & Reconciliation 321: Consequences, Felonies, and Tumblers 320: USA Gymnastics Is an Exploding Garbage Monster 319: Aly and Lynn Raisman 318: 2018 US Wonder Woman Nationals