Maggie Nichols felt the love during her OU career.
We lauded her. We praised her. We cheered her.
It wasn’t enough.
It can never be enough.
Even though the gymnast received a level of adulation most often reserved for football players and maybe an occasional basketball player in our state, Nichols is due more. That becomes clear through painful and excruciating details in “Athlete A,” the new Netflix documentary about the sexual abuse by USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar.
If you haven’t seen the film, I urge you to do so.