NOP Fall-Out Prediction

Sprinting Discussion High School Sprints/Field Events

8 years ago 06/06/2015 5:13am EDT

After reviewing everything and thinking this through, here is what I feel is going to happen-

1. There will be an investigation.

2. It will be proven that there was no systemic doping program. No EPO was involved. No HGH. No organized doping on a massive scale.

3. The investigation will find a coach (Salazar) willing to experiment with medications and push the boundaries of legality, but there will be no major doping infraction.

4. Alberto Salazar will be suspended 2 years for behavior detrimental to the sport.

5. Galen Rupp will serve a 6 month - 1 year suspension for suspicious medical behavior.

8 years ago 06/06/2015 6:17am EDT

re: Leirbag

I agree with your 1-3, but no suspensions unless more allegations emerge.

8 years ago 06/06/2015 8:32am EDT

re: letruppyrun

Agree but they need to answer the questions about testosterone. Otherwise, it's going to be really challenging for them and anyone else associated with them.

8 years ago 06/06/2015 9:08am EDT

re: Sounds aboutright

As drug scandals go, I find it difficult to know where this one will go. I feel like we have grabbed hold of a very large weed in the garden, so big that if we pull too quickly we risk just yanking off the flowery top. If we hold tight, but not pull too hard, we might just get the whole thing, roots and all, out of the earth. But with a weed so large, who knows what innocent and desirable plants may be disrupted.

The only prediction I feel confident in making is that my 40-year love affair with track and field may be waning.

8 years ago 06/06/2015 9:21am EDT

re: SteelePeter

SteelePeter wrote:
As drug scandals go, I find it difficult to know where this one will go. I feel like we have grabbed hold of a very large weed in the garden, so big that if we pull too quickly we risk just yanking off the flowery top. If we hold tight, but not pull too hard, we might just get the whole thing, roots and all, out of the earth. But with a weed so large, who knows what innocent and desirable plants may be disrupted.
The only prediction I feel confident in making is that my 40-year love affair with track and field may be waning.

They said this the first half-dozen times about cycling doping scandals and nothing has ever happened because the IOC is perfectly okay with doping. The IOC will do nothing because people tune in to watch some track and field every four years.

IAAF has a worldwide monopoly on the sport. USATF was granted a monopoly. This is a fertile environment for doping and other forms of corruption.

Whatever "investigation" occurs, nothing will come of it because doping is okay if it involves Nike money.

8 years ago 06/06/2015 1:23pm EDT

re: pop_pop!

pop_pop! wrote:
SteelePeter wrote:
As drug scandals go, I find it difficult to know where this one will go. I feel like we have grabbed hold of a very large weed in the garden, so big that if we pull too quickly we risk just yanking off the flowery top. If we hold tight, but not pull too hard, we might just get the whole thing, roots and all, out of the earth. But with a weed so large, who knows what innocent and desirable plants may be disrupted.
The only prediction I feel confident in making is that my 40-year love affair with track and field may be waning.
They said this the first half-dozen times about cycling doping scandals and nothing has ever happened because the IOC is perfectly okay with doping. The IOC will do nothing because people tune in to watch some track and field every four years.
IAAF has a worldwide monopoly on the sport. USATF was granted a monopoly. This is a fertile environment for doping and other forms of corruption.
Whatever "investigation" occurs, nothing will come of it because doping is okay if it involves Nike money.

My goodness, you have a cynical world view. I am sure that the agencies that all take money from Nike will use it to conduct a thorough, fair investigation.

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