Not dirtbag just logical. It’s another way of posing the question: why did he let them think Olympic career uber alles? The right answer is to flee if possible, and be adamant: FIX this or I quit. The girls were doing worldly moral calculus. It was all narrowly about them.
Few of Nasser’s victims had any chance of becoming Olympians and they knew it. They were ordinary gymnasts, dancers, and young women athletes at MSU. There is a 20 year record of victims, mostly older teens, speaking up and being hushed.