Here is what happened.
Salazar has been a jerk since he was in high school or before. He went to Oregon, which had consistently skirted the rules since early in Bowerman\'s career. Salazar's pathological low self-esteem led him to take PEDs. He justified it in his own mind, but that is what psychopaths do.
At Athletics West, there was the beginning of organized doping. They were quite amateurish about their methods, but for the most part got away with it. One casualty was the death of Jeff Drenth from AW drugs. Hey, anything for a shot at making a national team. This was swept under the rug by Nike and largely forgotten. Mary Decker had many famous exhibitions of roid rage, culminating in her criminal actions against the media darling Zola Budd. Decker was popped, but again, Nike did their best to protect her coach Salazar. Salazar was promoted.
Salazar wrote his article stating that it is impossible to be world class or win Olympic medals without being a doper.
Salazar found the perfect vehicle to exploit in Galen Rupp. Rupp was a goofy looking kid, well below average in intelligence and completely lacking in personality. His career prospects were limited, to say the least. This kid was looking at a lifetime of cleaning Burger King toilets, if he was that lucky. Salazar started the kid on dope, and the kid became quite good.
Rupp had no chance to go to a real college. The U of Oregon was convinced to let him enroll in correspondence courses. After much NCAA success, Rupp exhausted his eligibility and was forced to drop out. He only clompleted 3 years of coursework in his 4++ years at Oregon.
NOP had been formed but not successful despite a tremendous amount of resources. Salazar wrote his famous article where he stated that it is impossible to be world class or win Olympic medals without doping. They brought in Rupp, Centro, Goucher and others willing to submit to the full doping program.
NOP's big break came when the British decided that they needed gold medals for their London Olympics. They sent Mo Farah to NOP and told him to take whatever drugs he was offered and not to ask any questions.
Goucher was cut from NOP for lack of progress.
NOP and Salazar were continuously accused of being a dope ring. The pressure got to Salazar. He imploded at Albuquerque and attacked competitors and officials. Nike payed off USATF, and Salazar was not sanctioned.
The BBC came out with their little program about the NOP doping scheme.
Goucher will go on talk shows and shed some tears. She will try to parlay this into a few more years of fame. She will not pay back the NOP money.
Nike will make sure that Salazar goes on as usual. Rupp, Centro and Mo will continue to compete without remorse. Because that is what psychopaths do.
The writer/singer/poet/filmmaker/actress/professional athlete Alexi Pappas will convince her boyfriend to film a NOP documentary. She will insist on being credited as co-director.