If he has a good explanation or was screwed over, I'll be happy to admit he's suffered great harm but since there has been crickets for 6 months, I highly doubt that's the case.
Well, Shelby had neither a good explanation nor was screwed over, and yet you're quick to jump to her defense.
Good to see this update but there’s a much bigger issue with the finalists that I haven’t seen you address: how the heck is Joseph Fahnbulleh not a finalist?? He should be the winner!
Randolph posted on his instagram that he had a whereabouts violation and attempted to doctor a previous whereabouts confirmation email to get off the hook for the violation. Oops!
Randolph took one straight from the playbook here.
1. Highlight you never had a negative test (Lance, Marion, etc.)
2. Accept blame for being forgetful but also lessen your most egregious (that is known offense.) Using the phrase “attempting to correct my absent-mindedness” sounds much better than “forged an email to trick drug testers”.
3. Deflect. Making this about the Bowerman is meant to distract from the actual issue. 3 year ban, no Olympics, etc.
4. Paint yourself the victim. “The Track and Field world is one of the most corrupt organizations in the world”. What organization? The Bowerman? WADA? USADA? AIU? IAAF?
5. The Bowerman tried to make him lie and remove himself. Can this actually be confirmed or denied? Another smoke screen to gain sympathy.
I am looking too far into a post but it reads to like word garbage. As we saw with Houlihan though, thousands of people will tell him he is great and they believe the story. These athletes can go sit in their social media cocoon and feel they are vindicated. The only part of all of this we know is true, he missed 3 tests in 65 days and forged an email as a cover up. Outside of that, its all word garbage.
Randolph took one straight from the playbook here.
1. Highlight you never had a negative test (Lance, Marion, etc.)
2. Accept blame for being forgetful but also lessen your most egregious (that is known offense.) Using the phrase “attempting to correct my absent-mindedness” sounds much better than “forged an email to trick drug testers”.
3. Deflect. Making this about the Bowerman is meant to distract from the actual issue. 3 year ban, no Olympics, etc.
4. Paint yourself the victim. “The Track and Field world is one of the most corrupt organizations in the world”. What organization? The Bowerman? WADA? USADA? AIU? IAAF?
5. The Bowerman tried to make him lie and remove himself. Can this actually be confirmed or denied? Another smoke screen to gain sympathy.
I am looking too far into a post but it reads to like word garbage. As we saw with Houlihan though, thousands of people will tell him he is great and they believe the story. These athletes can go sit in their social media cocoon and feel they are vindicated. The only part of all of this we know is true, he missed 3 tests in 65 days and forged an email as a cover up. Outside of that, its all word garbage.
It really is remarkable how similar they all are. Complete with a parade of character affirming statements from friends "I know so and so and they would never."
Randolph took one straight from the playbook here.
1. Highlight you never had a negative test (Lance, Marion, etc.)
2. Accept blame for being forgetful but also lessen your most egregious (that is known offense.) Using the phrase “attempting to correct my absent-mindedness” sounds much better than “forged an email to trick drug testers”.
3. Deflect. Making this about the Bowerman is meant to distract from the actual issue. 3 year ban, no Olympics, etc.
4. Paint yourself the victim. “The Track and Field world is one of the most corrupt organizations in the world”. What organization? The Bowerman? WADA? USADA? AIU? IAAF?
5. The Bowerman tried to make him lie and remove himself. Can this actually be confirmed or denied? Another smoke screen to gain sympathy.
I am looking too far into a post but it reads to like word garbage. As we saw with Houlihan though, thousands of people will tell him he is great and they believe the story. These athletes can go sit in their social media cocoon and feel they are vindicated. The only part of all of this we know is true, he missed 3 tests in 65 days and forged an email as a cover up. Outside of that, its all word garbage.
Regarding your 5th point, I would bet money that the Bowerman Award committee told him that they were going to remove him but that if he wanted to, he could officially withdraw himself first and they would let the official narrative would be that he withdrew rather than be removed—making him look better. For some reason, he decided to take what he believes to be the high road here: refusing to “lie” and say that he was withdrawing.
I agree with you—this is word vomit and it only serves to make me even less sympathetic for him.
I am looking too far into a post but it reads to like word garbage. As we saw with Houlihan though, thousands of people will tell him he is great and they believe the story.
Sad but true. And some of the apologists will defend the cheater here, and attack those who don't agree.
Why in God's name?? On IG?? Does he not have an attorney?? Where is his dad?? I think he's too young and doesn't have enough life experience to even realize these people are trying to HELP him. Others in the same situation have kept their mouths shut, their head down, and had time removed from their ban. IG is not your therapist. These kids need handlers.
Why in God's name?? On IG?? Does he not have an attorney?? Where is his dad?? I think he's too young and doesn't have enough life experience to even realize these people are trying to HELP him. Others in the same situation have kept their mouths shut, their head down, and had time removed from their ban. IG is not your therapist. These kids need handlers.
Where is his dad, lol. His dad is a convicted drug cheat, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
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