Thought about this some more:
- By not officially retiring in the correct way when he claimed he 'basically did', he's continued to sap money away from Nike (and potentially other athletes). If we believe him, then he was intentionally deceiving Nike by taking the additional payments (whether each Half or Quarterly), if we don't believe him then he was intentionally deceiving his peers and us.
- As someone pointed out, it is not simpler to keep updating your whereabouts, being present for the time slot every day, doing the tests etc vs. filling out a piece of paper. He was clearly leaving the door open for any potential tail-end of his career.
- By not coming out himself and addressing it, instead letting his friends come to his defence online is cowardly.
- It's maybe irrelevant but he's a 6.1+ guy who has been a distance runner his entire life. Does he want us to believe he's suddenly going to try and get jacked like some Ryan Hall 2.0?
- Anyone praising him for accepting the ban is misguided. Of course he was going to accept the ban. It means not being dragged into months of court cases/tribunials/meetings/press conferences, it's the easy way out when caught, it doesn't necessarily indicate any kind of moral decision making.