joho wrote:
Regardless of what he says or does, or what his friends say or do, some on this thread are going to suspect him of failing a test.
This is exactly why Centro making a statement doesn't make a damn bit of difference. It also shows what kind of damage a thread like this can do to an individual athlete. There are those that will forever think of Matt as a drug cheat now.
No one on this thread suspects him of failing a test. There are those that want him to fail a test because they hate NOP.
Zero damage has been done to Centro. A 15 year old posting under 20 different names isn't damaging to him. Now, if the next meet he tries to run in says, "I'm sorry Centro, we won't let you enter our meet because 'Laredo' from the letsrun.com World Famous Message Boards wrote that you failed a drug test.", then that would be damaging.