Star HS coach Gerald Phiri -- aka Issam Asinga's coach -- provisionally suspended by AIU

Montverde always seemed fishy to me. Also insane that he gave them cardarine. Do I think it’ll be that harmful to take for a week? No. But for months or years? Very likely

We can argue if an 18 year old is truly a kid. But regardless, a coach being involved with giving banned substances to athletes that age is a whole different level of corruption as far as I'm concerned. I hope he never is able to coach again (insert line about due process).

He was also coaching multiple athletes under 18, one of whom (Skyler Franklin) tested positive last year. Also Issam, while 18, would have been 17 at the start of the year and either way was a high school student.

This should carry a jail sentence.

Giving weird SARMs and peptides and other RC PEDa to consenting adults is pretty bad when you consider how un-researched they are and how athletes will just kinda do what coach says.

Giving it to a kid, potentially unknowingly too, is f*cked up.

RC PEDs*

There must be legal language and precedent in law to fashion charges related to that behavior that entails serious consequences, like jail, fine, loss of any credentials?! As bad as "roofies" or worse.

GW1516 gave lab rats cancer pretty much overnight. jail time, imo

and sure makes you wonder the extent of similar situations across HS and college here in the US with the amount of NIL money now floating about. Because I will guarantee this guy and this school is not the only one involved in stuff like this :\

A sad but real thing that's been going on for a few years is a huge uptick of kids on social media advocating for these research PEDs. You can go watch YouTube videos of kids doing it just to get jacked, not even play a sport. I mean, if I'm gonna ingest some mega carcinogens, I better at least get to embarrass someone at the championship, not just flex in a mirror.

Anyway, lots of kids are doing it. The ones in sports just don't talk about it.

So, should parents of an 18 year old HS graduate make an effort to get to know the college coach their son/daughter intends to run for? Or do college coaches in track frown on that? I mean, I know if you are a top level recruit then any coach with some sense is going to initiate contact with the parents at some point but what if you are in the walk on category? Your son/daughter got into a school, reached out and the coach is willing to allow them to walk on? Would the coach be offended if the parents asked to meet just to get an idea of who the coach is or would that be frowned upon?

Wow. This really puts Asinga's argument totally underwater. Perhaps circumstantial evidence but damning nonetheless. There's still a chance it was administered unknowingly but that chance is probably slim.

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PPARβ/δ Agonist GW501516 Inhibits Tumorigenicity of Undifferentiated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in C666-1 Cells by Promoting Apoptosis

Activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor β/δ (PPARβ/δ) had been linked to inhibition on the proliferation and apoptosis in a few cancer cell lines. However, limited data exists regarding the role of PPARβ/δ in...

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PPARβ/δ a potential target in pulmonary hypertension blighted by cancer risk

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PPAR (Beta) / (Delta) agonists, including GW501516, were developed for the treatment of hyperlipidemia and other cardiovascular diseases; a number of clinical trials have been registered on clinicaltrials.gov (NCT00388180, NCT00318617, NCT00158899, NCT00841217). While long-term clinical data are not available, GW501516 improved lipid profiles in short-term studies in man.3–5 However safety concerns over GW501516and potentially other drugs in the class have emerged. Of particular relevance are two abstracts from GSK showing that GW501516 causes cancer in rats6 and mice7 after 104 weeks of dosing. Although neither of these studies has been published as full peer-reviewed papers, these abstracts have been very influential. The phase 4 trial (NCT00841217) was stopped and warnings issued by the World Anti-Doping Agency,8Health Canada,9 and, most recently in April 2018, GW501516 was classified as a poisonous substance in Australia.10 The precise role of PPAR (Beta) / (Delta) in cancer, particularly in humans, however, remains unclear as reports continue to emerge showing that agonists may either increase or protect against different cancers.11

Had to edit text to beta/delta to post.

Who was the third athlete to get popped?

Who's to say that all these HSers running insane times every year aren't taking PEDs? Especially in Texas, it's absolutely ridiculous. HSers are guilty

In my rek runner: Anti Doping 101 class this semester, I've learned he's being railroaded. They haven't proven the source of the drugs in his bag, and all the charges are based on presumption. Also, they have not shown intent.

What does "unknowingly" here mean? I doubt Phiri told them it was GH1516 and Meldonium or that he was giving them banned substances. I would say he either told them it was an above the board supplement or gaslit them into thinking it was a grey-area substance that "everyone does" but that they can't talk about.

I demand Texas AM be removed from the ncaa results during his career! We lost to them all the dang time

Absolutely. I assume the AIU has some kind of process for working with local authorities in cases this egregious?

True, I saw that too. Rekrunner explained that Asinga only ate gummi bears. That provisional suspension is therefore nonsense.