Druggies on USA Coaches Registry

Whom, specifically, are you talking about?

Dennis Mitchel (no not the Akron coach) and John Drummond - both faced bans

I got his back wrote:

Dennis Mitchel (no not the Akron coach) and John Drummond - both faced bans

Do you mean Jon Drummond? In addition to you getting his name wrong he was not banned

Drummond was busted for pot - on the list - boy he is a greta role model

but what about Mitchell?

Is Pettigrew on it?

He's just an animagus, that's not a drug, brah

Hmmmmmm wrote:

or to have enabled an athlete to commit an anti-doping rule violation;

Teddy Mitchell wa coaching 2 athletes that both tested positive. Sounds like enabling to me.

Salazar is a Conte client. How is he allowed?

7 pounds? I am not sure I ever heard the amount. I did not see the disposition.

Assuming a conviction, how did he pass the criminal background check?

So come on somebody in USATF answer up - how are Dennis Mitchell and Jon Drummond allowed to be in anyway involved in track & field in the USA?

Under your own rules and guidelines these two have broken the rules and should never ever be issued a credential for a USATF event

Would they have let Tyson Gay's coach into the US Championships this year? What would his background check say? What does that have to do with coaching?

This is BS. Coaches should boycott...but the "blackmail" strategy by USATF (not letting nonregistered coaches into the infield at USAs) headed that one off fast.

white colored glasses wrote:

Salazar is a Conte client. How is he allowed?

FYI, anyone who buys vitamins at GNC is just as "guilty" as Salazar in terms of evidence against them. Just like Conte, GNC is loaded with legal supplements and vitamins which for a variety of conusumers ranging from serious athletes down to your average gym rat and even grandma for her weak bones shop their. And just like conte, there are a variety of dangerous and illegal supplements available for purchase at GNC.

Just because I've shopped at GNC doesn't mean I was dirty.

The problem with a lot of people on this board is that they think the world is (or should be) black and white.

That you either only eat organic whole foods and take no supplements whatsoever or you are a steroid/epo injecting feind.

Pursuing legal supplements and trying to understand legal performance enhancement/recovery methods is not dirty, it's legal. And not only is it legal it makes sense.

There is a negative sense associated with "performance enhancement" because people automatically associate that term with illegal drugs. Well what would you call training? Doing and interval session? Using an Alter G? Getting enough sleep (recovery). Cross traiing? Vitamin C supplements? B vitamins? All are for peformance enhancement and only a foolish coach wouldn't research and learn about every possible safe and legal way to increase or enhance performance.

Keep in mind that some natural substances can be considered fine and legal one day and illegal the next. Think coffee (caffeine) in track. Fine for every member of society, but too much in track can get you banned. Think marijuana, gets people banned now, but sooner or later it will be part of society, legally.

The chemical synthetics are a little more obvious, but somewhere they cross over to legal supplements that many people take everyday to support their health.

Busted for pot, big deal. Our last three Presidents all smoked weed, they just didn't get caught -- by the cops, anyway. Marijuana doesn't belong on these banning lists. But perhaps a discussion for another time...

Remy is a Balco guy...he is banned..I believe he still tries to coach high school athletes in northern california

starmiler wrote:

Busted for pot, big deal. Our last three Presidents all smoked weed, they just didn't get caught -- by the cops, anyway. Marijuana doesn't belong on these banning lists. But perhaps a discussion for another time...

Does not matter if you think that pot is not a big deal - fact is that it is on the banned list and he was arrested for carrying 7 pounds of pot - both of these should disqaulify him from any coaching dealings as far as USATF is concerned - so the question remains - WHY DOES USATF ALLOW DRUGGIES TO GET THRU THE COACHING REGISTRY????

Why are you asking the question here? Have you sent a letter to the USATF?