He doesn't lose his NCAA title (he won it on 6/10, DQ results start 6/18). I think technically, the Bowerman only considers what he accomplished as a collegiate athlete. I would say that if his ban or his DQ results fell into his collegiate career, it would be an automatic removal from the Bowerman selection list. This is more grey (he missed tests while a collegiate athlete but the ban didn't start until after his collegiate career was over), so we will see how the voters to decide (if the results haven't already been finalized already).
The voting happened in the summer. Given that this situation was already known about and they kept him as a finalist, I am not sure why this announcement would change anything.
I think it's more public perception towards the award's legitimacy.
Dwayne should never have been hired by Methodist, let alone anyone else. Much of his career was erased for his past indiscretions. Keeping dudes like him and Dennis Mitchell around are bad for the sport and USATF alike.
Ya I find this pretty absurd. Dad gets busted, is allowed to coach not long after his ban. Continues coaching and now his son has a doping violation. Get these people out of the sport. Tennessee should be allowed to fire him and not give a doping supporter $450k per year the next few years.
If you read what he said in the University of Tennessee article, he doesn't actually seem guilty. His first whereabouts failure was legit, he was dumb and missed a test and then didn't get tested. His second one was at the NCAA championships, he didn't update it there, people showed up to test him in North Carolina and he wasn't there, but he was in Eugene and got tested there by different people. So he still took a test that day, but not the one in North Carolina. And then the third failure was due to him moving from North Carolina to Tennessee. USADA got the updated address and tested him in Tennessee. The next day AIU didn't have his updated address and showed up to his North Carolina address and he wasn't there, because he lives in Tennessee now... So people showed up three times to test him and he wasn't there, but two of those times he was somewhere else also getting tested. So really there was only one day where people were trying to test him and he didn't get tested. Crappy situation. It would be really annoying to have to constantly update your whereabouts. I have a feeling that NBA/NFL/MLB players do not update their whereabouts like this.
If you read what he said in the University of Tennessee article, he doesn't actually seem guilty. His first whereabouts failure was legit, he was dumb and missed a test and then didn't get tested. His second one was at the NCAA championships, he didn't update it there, people showed up to test him in North Carolina and he wasn't there, but he was in Eugene and got tested there by different people. So he still took a test that day, but not the one in North Carolina. And then the third failure was due to him moving from North Carolina to Tennessee. USADA got the updated address and tested him in Tennessee. The next day AIU didn't have his updated address and showed up to his North Carolina address and he wasn't there, because he lives in Tennessee now... So people showed up three times to test him and he wasn't there, but two of those times he was somewhere else also getting tested. So really there was only one day where people were trying to test him and he didn't get tested. Crappy situation. It would be really annoying to have to constantly update your whereabouts. I have a feeling that NBA/NFL/MLB players do not update their whereabouts like this.
Weird you left out the part where he forged an email.
If you read what he said in the University of Tennessee article, he doesn't actually seem guilty. His first whereabouts failure was legit, he was dumb and missed a test and then didn't get tested. His second one was at the NCAA championships, he didn't update it there, people showed up to test him in North Carolina and he wasn't there, but he was in Eugene and got tested there by different people. So he still took a test that day, but not the one in North Carolina. And then the third failure was due to him moving from North Carolina to Tennessee. USADA got the updated address and tested him in Tennessee. The next day AIU didn't have his updated address and showed up to his North Carolina address and he wasn't there, because he lives in Tennessee now... So people showed up three times to test him and he wasn't there, but two of those times he was somewhere else also getting tested. So really there was only one day where people were trying to test him and he didn't get tested. Crappy situation. It would be really annoying to have to constantly update your whereabouts. I have a feeling that NBA/NFL/MLB players do not update their whereabouts like this.
How does this make him not guilty? Did he or did he not miss 3 tests? Also you conveniently left out the part where he tried to create a fake email to lie his way out of this, seems like a pretty important detail.
The system is the same for everyone and 99.5% of people handle it just fine.
^^^ He's definitely guilty of forging the email, he's an idiot for trying to do that. Didn't Coleman only get a one or two year ban for his whereabouts? So it is likely Ross got at least an extra year due to forging the email. But like I said, it doesn't seem like he was dodging tests. He was still being tested, just not at his old home address. There could be improvements to the system. He had his three violations in April-June, a pretty short time period. Not sure how many other times he was tested and present, based on them showing up in those few months it is reasonable to assume they show up to his house at least once a month. It would be annoying to constantly update where you are. If he was jumping out his back window and running away to avoid the test I would feel differently. But he was somewhere competing on two of them, got tested at the meet at one of those two, and then the third one was at his new address and got tested by USATF there, but AIU didn't get the memo.
America would have plenty more runners banned if the USADA wasn't covering up positive test results. You seriously think that none of the NOP athletes doped?
Coincidentally, AKAD - as also discussed on letsrun homepage - just admitted a few weeks ago that they kept about 20 bans secret.
If you read what he said in the University of Tennessee article, he doesn't actually seem guilty. His first whereabouts failure was legit, he was dumb and missed a test and then didn't get tested. His second one was at the NCAA championships, he didn't update it there, people showed up to test him in North Carolina and he wasn't there, but he was in Eugene and got tested there by different people. So he still took a test that day, but not the one in North Carolina. And then the third failure was due to him moving from North Carolina to Tennessee. USADA got the updated address and tested him in Tennessee. The next day AIU didn't have his updated address and showed up to his North Carolina address and he wasn't there, because he lives in Tennessee now... So people showed up three times to test him and he wasn't there, but two of those times he was somewhere else also getting tested. So really there was only one day where people were trying to test him and he didn't get tested. Crappy situation. It would be really annoying to have to constantly update your whereabouts. I have a feeling that NBA/NFL/MLB players do not update their whereabouts like this.
I agree, he got a raw deal. Its nuts that they can't come up with a better system. Does he bare some blame, sure. Is it asking too much of college kids? Yes. Congrats for running off our best 400 guy, AIU...smh
Why are we believing his side of the story? It seems that once USADA, AIU, WADA, etc. make their rulings, the athletes are left to explain away what happened. Understandable from their perspective to attempt to save face but this is a 3 YEAR BAN. They must have been very confident that this was not only an attempt to avoid testing but to also cover up potential breaking of the doping code.
I am sure there are athletes that have been convicted of doping offenses having never willfully or intentionally doped. And that is terrible, can’t imagine being in that position. But I would guess that the majority of suspended athletes have committed infractions. Of those, what is the % that just admit to it? From what I have seen, that % is extremely low. So, personally, I don’t believe these excuses. I don’t “blame the system”. I think this was a young man who was caught up in a mess and whose Father/Coach is a convicted doper. You can not like the system but if you are knowingly avoiding the system, creating fake email accounts to cover up transgressions, and then attacking the governing body for treating you the same as ALL OTHER ATHLETES IN THE TESTING POOL…then you get what you get. In this case, it might be a Bowerman Award.
Why are we believing his side of the story? It seems that once USADA, AIU, WADA, etc. make their rulings, the athletes are left to explain away what happened.
Only for now. As this was an AIU case, we will hear the official side in more detail soon.
But yes, obviously it's best to not take the words of a cheater for granted.
I have coached professional track athletes for over 20 years…dozens of them. None have had a whereabouts failure, none have failed a test, none have tampered with a test, none have been banned. These athletes have achieved at the highest level and managed to do this even when the athlete and coach had to sit in front of a screen and log every movement or send daily emails when moving around Europe. I’m sorry - I don’t t buy his story. Its not that hard when you make it important. If your career depends on dosing something right, would t you make sure to do it right every time!?
It IS that hard for some college kids. Especailly boys. Source? I was one and have 2. They sometimes make poor decisions, don't think, they're not mature. In this case it was well known he was in Oregon. Did AIU just look for a "gotcha"? "Hey his app says he's home but we all know he's in Eugene" "Let's go test him. ha ha ha ha!"
The fact that he WAS TESTED 2/3 times should get him off on a technicality. If he had actually dodged 3 tests, sure, suspend him. He didn't.
They ought to just have a passive system using an air tag, phone gps, or some similar technology so they can locate the athlete anytime they wish. Allow the athletes to opt in to such a system if they want.
Dwayne should never have been hired by Methodist, let alone anyone else. Much of his career was erased for his past indiscretions. Keeping dudes like him and Dennis Mitchell around are bad for the sport and USATF alike.
Add Justin Gatlin commentary on usatf broadcasts to above sentiment. Completely disgusting.
The fact that he WAS TESTED 2/3 times should get him off on a technicality. If he had actually dodged 3 tests, sure, suspend him. He didn't.
There is no such fact. There are only the words of the banned cheater, and even he said that the AIU tried to test him a day after USADA tested him. Of course a day can make all the difference, especially if you load up right after getting tested - because you never got tested on two consecutive days before.