Rowan Seth Clev Whistleblower

Hearing from reputable sources that the whistleblower was Rowans top freshman from this past cross country season. I’m also hearing that the coaches are heavily considering kicking him off the team. Ironic, isn’t it? Speaking up for what’s right is apparently what it takes to get kicked off of Rowan. The Rowan athletes are very upset with this freshman for exposing their “glorious king”. Wowzers… Seth must be absolutely loving all of the brown-nosing that his teammates are giving him.

A. How does this even happen unless someone went through freshman’s phone or he talks too much

B. Is UW La Crosse or Johns Hopkins looking for any Rowan exiles right now?

poor guy

A. From what I understand he admitted to it. Definitely respect him for not backing down, and actually understanding the weight of the situation, unlike his teammates who view Seth as a saint.

B. As much as I like this kid, being the fastest freshman on Rowans XC team isn't exactly a feat that will get you anywhere near either one of those programs. Wish him the best.

Hope any coaches who see this thread decide the swipe the kid from the portal or whatever; freshman being gutsy enough to do something like this is a good sign in terms of accountability. Imagine him as a college senior

If this is true, Rowan is going to get itself a very significant lawsuit which they will undoubtedly have to pay a lot of money to settle because the discovery process would probably be unacceptably embarrassing to the university, And if it went to trial, and. the guy sued for retaliation, they would lose. That said I think the administration at Rowan is frustrated with the situation, and I wouldn't be surprised if kicking this kid off the team for speaking out would be all they needed to fire the coaching staff for cause.

How long will this fella continue answering his own posts? 🤔🤣😂🤡

Hey bud, think you have more things to worry about with a FRESHMAN having more responsibility than the entire coaching staff

He admitted to it? By Rowan's standards that absolutely proves nothing. Did he test positive for being the whistleblower?

I heard they’re submitting all the guys to weekly Polygraph tests

Hilarious. You can be kicked off of a D3 team for no reason or any reason. Nobody is entitled to a spot.

If true, I'm curious how the other distance athletes feel vs. the broader track team. I get the impression it's a lot of the sprinters who contributed to the track title who area active online trying to defend Seth, plus probably Seth's brother and one or two from the women's team for whatever reason.

Also it's not entirely clear to me what the team "whistleblower" revealed that was so top secret, assuming it's the freshman individual. That email from the AD supposedly went to the entire athletic community or at least the entire track team, which is dozens of athletes, so how would he ever expect it to stay private? And other evidence like Seth's mom's email, which might have had an expectation of privacy, couldn't have come from the freshman unless Seth was dumb enough to leave his email open again. What team rule(s) would have been broken?

At any rate, Rowan AD/coaches are just doing a bang-up job here. Team morale must be stellar.

Team morale is higher than most teams. Things are good. National champs!

I don’t think it has anything to do with one specific piece of evidence, I think it’s the fact that someone on their team was allegedly eavesdropping on conversations and created an account dedicated to exposing the program. I’m sure subversive behavior is grounds for removal from most programs, no matter how unjust it might be

Hilarious. You kick off a D3 athlete for no reason or any reason. Nobody is entitled to being protected from a retaliation lawsuit.

This got me thinking about retaliation policies. If this kid reported his concerns internally, that would in my mind constitute retaliation.

This however led me to a fun avenue others and RCS might be interested in: https://confluence.rowan.edu/spaces/POLICY/pages/52297804/Reporting+Compliance+Ethics+Concerns (quotes below taken from this document, bolding mine)

Yeah ignoring the morale piece (which, is something) I'm not sure what information this individual revealed could be considered against athletic administration rules. None of that is privileged information (assuming as you are that the email from Seth's mother came from the original video leak from an Iowa runner and not this individual accessing Seth's email). Their "leaks" have been:

1. An all-athletic email blast. That's not private communication.

2. Conversations taking place in a public area (the gym/weight room). Anyone conversing in there doesn't have a reasonable expectation to privacy. It'd be different if this individual had their ear to Dimit's door or something.

3. Personal opinions on Dimit and Tucker, their relationship, and things an individual picked up in conversation or in the lockerroom. These are protected opinions of the individual.

I think most athletic departments have language around "conducting yourself in a manner that reflects well on the university" or something vague like that so they can cover their backsides if they need to discipline an athlete for doing something stupid but not technically illegal or against school policy, e.g., a star athlete of legal drinking age caught on video using slurs at a bar. But I think Rowan would have a hard time making a case that the above behavior falls into that category in a lawsuit, especiallyif this athlete had tried to raise concerns previously through the appropriate channels and nothing happened.

The lawyers in this thread have the opportunity to do something really funny here

Okay, but eavesdropping? So? Maybe whoever was speaking should be more careful of they didn't want to be overheard.

I didn't get the impression that the freshman was the one who created the Rowan Clean Sport Instagram account. I have trouble believing that a freshman could single-handedly pull that off, including filling out those request for information forms to Rowan, responding to their counsel after the cease & desist, etc. (But if he did....wow.)