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How often do early entrants from 1-AA get drafted? He might be making a terrible mistake
Chowan never belonged
Good quest
Good question. I hope he got some good intel or his advisors told him he has a good chance of getting drafted.
Damn 
His side of the story from an interview...sounds like he missed multiple drug tests due to travel for meets but didnt communicate his whereabouts as they require.
When he tried to appeal, they found he'd altered the date on an email (per his admission) in effort to prove he submitted an address change earlier than he did.
He was in the process of transferring to Tennessee after his dad took the job but they've since revoked his scholarship and he's still at A&T unable to run
Ross says, “It really came down to when I got that final test, I mean missing it, and they e-mailed me when I got to Tennessee saying I missed the third one… So I sent an e-mail regarding the whereabouts, and that one wasn’t correctly dated, as in I changed the date I was tested to where I changed my address.”
The e-mail in question was the system-generated confirmation e-mail that is sent out after an athlete changes their address in the testing app. Ross apparently altered the date in an effort to show that he had made his address change on time.
He offers no excuses. “You’ve got to input your whereabouts and keep going. Especially when you’re still in school and then you’re leaving every week, classes and everything, and then they don’t come in your window of availability.
Until now, Ross has maintained his silence. He now reveals that he was told to, the message relayed from an unnamed USATF representative, who allegedly said to not talk to the press or the suspension might be much longer: “They were trying to hang a penalty over our head and say if we said anything, the situation could go worse and it could reach up to 6 years.”
Though Ross says he was informed in a July 14 meeting at the Worlds of his provisional suspension and the likely penalty, he says he is frustrated by the delay in the announcement until December. Whether through coincidence or bad intent, the release was scheduled just two days before the USTFCCCA’s Bowerman Award presentation, with Ross in Denver as one of the candidates. “It’s been what, almost 6 months now? It took basically forever to figure out what they want to do. It seemed like they were just trying to stretch out their time period until the event came up.”
At this point, the planned conclusion of Ross’s collegiate career at Tennessee will not happen. He says he lost his scholarship. Though the NCAA is not a signatory to WADA, Ross has been told it does not allow a student-athlete to compete if they are under a drug suspension from a national or international governing body. He is appealing that consequence, since his ban was not for an actual doping positive but for the whereabouts failure and the e-mail tampering. (Currently, in a somewhat similar case, a Stanford swimmer has been removed from the school’s roster after a 1-year ban for whereabouts violations.)
In total, the career ramifications of the whole episode for Ross are huge. Without it, it’s likely he would have signed a lucrative pro contract in the next year or two. He will miss the Paris Olympics. He will not compete again till after June 30, 2025.
Where does he go from here? Ross is still just 21. He will be 24 when he comes off his suspension.
Until then, he plans to finish his finance degree at North Carolina A&T. Soon he will take a test for a realtor’s license. And he will keep training, though he is not allowed to train with any athletes or coaches affiliated with USATF. The exception is that he is still allowed to be coached by his father, Duane Ross, because of their familial connection.
His side of the story from an interview...sounds like he missed multiple drug tests due to travel for meets but didnt communicate his whereabouts as they require.
When he tried to appeal, they found he'd altered the date on an email (per his admission) in effort to prove he submitted an address change earlier than he did.
He was in the process of transferring to Tennessee after his dad took the job but they've since revoked his scholarship and he's still at A&T unable to run
Frank Talk From Randolph Ross About His 3-Year Ban - Track & Field News
THE FIRST WORDS out of Randolph Ross’s mouth in our exclusive interview with the now-suspended Olympic relay gold medalist are:... Read More
trackandfieldnews.com
Ross says, “It really came down to when I got that final test, I mean missing it, and they e-mailed me when I got to Tennessee saying I missed the third one… So I sent an e-mail regarding the whereabouts, and that one wasn’t correctly dated, as in I changed the date I was tested to where I changed my address.”
The e-mail in question was the system-generated confirmation e-mail that is sent out after an athlete changes their address in the testing app. Ross apparently altered the date in an effort to show that he had made his address change on time.
He offers no excuses. “You’ve got to input your whereabouts and keep going. Especially when you’re still in school and then you’re leaving every week, classes and everything, and then they don’t come in your window of availability.
Until now, Ross has maintained his silence. He now reveals that he was told to, the message relayed from an unnamed USATF representative, who allegedly said to not talk to the press or the suspension might be much longer: “They were trying to hang a penalty over our head and say if we said anything, the situation could go worse and it could reach up to 6 years.”
Though Ross says he was informed in a July 14 meeting at the Worlds of his provisional suspension and the likely penalty, he says he is frustrated by the delay in the announcement until December. Whether through coincidence or bad intent, the release was scheduled just two days before the USTFCCCA’s Bowerman Award presentation, with Ross in Denver as one of the candidates. “It’s been what, almost 6 months now? It took basically forever to figure out what they want to do. It seemed like they were just trying to stretch out their time period until the event came up.”
At this point, the planned conclusion of Ross’s collegiate career at Tennessee will not happen. He says he lost his scholarship. Though the NCAA is not a signatory to WADA, Ross has been told it does not allow a student-athlete to compete if they are under a drug suspension from a national or international governing body. He is appealing that consequence, since his ban was not for an actual doping positive but for the whereabouts failure and the e-mail tampering. (Currently, in a somewhat similar case, a Stanford swimmer has been removed from the school’s roster after a 1-year ban for whereabouts violations.)
In total, the career ramifications of the whole episode for Ross are huge. Without it, it’s likely he would have signed a lucrative pro contract in the next year or two. He will miss the Paris Olympics. He will not compete again till after June 30, 2025.
Where does he go from here? Ross is still just 21. He will be 24 when he comes off his suspension.
Until then, he plans to finish his finance degree at North Carolina A&T. Soon he will take a test for a realtor’s license. And he will keep training, though he is not allowed to train with any athletes or coaches affiliated with USATF. The exception is that he is still allowed to be coached by his father, Duane Ross, because of their familial connection.
Damn
His side of the story from an interview...sounds like he missed multiple drug tests due to travel for meets but didnt communicate his whereabouts as they require.
When he tried to appeal, they found he'd altered the date on an email (per his admission) in effort to prove he submitted an address change earlier than he did.
He was in the process of transferring to Tennessee after his dad took the job but they've since revoked his scholarship and he's still at A&T unable to run
Frank Talk From Randolph Ross About His 3-Year Ban - Track & Field News
THE FIRST WORDS out of Randolph Ross’s mouth in our exclusive interview with the now-suspended Olympic relay gold medalist are:... Read Moretrackandfieldnews.com
Ross says, “It really came down to when I got that final test, I mean missing it, and they e-mailed me when I got to Tennessee saying I missed the third one… So I sent an e-mail regarding the whereabouts, and that one wasn’t correctly dated, as in I changed the date I was tested to where I changed my address.”
The e-mail in question was the system-generated confirmation e-mail that is sent out after an athlete changes their address in the testing app. Ross apparently altered the date in an effort to show that he had made his address change on time.
He offers no excuses. “You’ve got to input your whereabouts and keep going. Especially when you’re still in school and then you’re leaving every week, classes and everything, and then they don’t come in your window of availability.
Until now, Ross has maintained his silence. He now reveals that he was told to, the message relayed from an unnamed USATF representative, who allegedly said to not talk to the press or the suspension might be much longer: “They were trying to hang a penalty over our head and say if we said anything, the situation could go worse and it could reach up to 6 years.”
Though Ross says he was informed in a July 14 meeting at the Worlds of his provisional suspension and the likely penalty, he says he is frustrated by the delay in the announcement until December. Whether through coincidence or bad intent, the release was scheduled just two days before the USTFCCCA’s Bowerman Award presentation, with Ross in Denver as one of the candidates. “It’s been what, almost 6 months now? It took basically forever to figure out what they want to do. It seemed like they were just trying to stretch out their time period until the event came up.”
At this point, the planned conclusion of Ross’s collegiate career at Tennessee will not happen. He says he lost his scholarship. Though the NCAA is not a signatory to WADA, Ross has been told it does not allow a student-athlete to compete if they are under a drug suspension from a national or international governing body. He is appealing that consequence, since his ban was not for an actual doping positive but for the whereabouts failure and the e-mail tampering. (Currently, in a somewhat similar case, a Stanford swimmer has been removed from the school’s roster after a 1-year ban for whereabouts violations.)
In total, the career ramifications of the whole episode for Ross are huge. Without it, it’s likely he would have signed a lucrative pro contract in the next year or two. He will miss the Paris Olympics. He will not compete again till after June 30, 2025.
Where does he go from here? Ross is still just 21. He will be 24 when he comes off his suspension.
Until then, he plans to finish his finance degree at North Carolina A&T. Soon he will take a test for a realtor’s license. And he will keep training, though he is not allowed to train with any athletes or coaches affiliated with USATF. The exception is that he is still allowed to be coached by his father, Duane Ross, because of their familial connection.
Damn
That's not even the worst of it...
That kid was a damn beast.
In all honesty, I felt coach Washington time was up after they made the jump from the MEAC. The Covid break really hurt them from a football perspective since they didn't do spring ball in 2021.
That's not even the worst of it...
That kid was a damn beast.
In all honesty, I felt coach Washington time was up after they made the jump from the MEAC. The Covid break really hurt them from a football perspective since they didn't do spring ball in 2021.
Yeah I just saw this on twitter...Damn man...That's tough for A&T
I was this days old when I found out trick ass Rodger Gooddell had a black nephew 
I got them in my parlay. I turned on the game like damn Prime bout to get embarrassed on his way out. Then they started to pick it up and Shedeur had a classic drive at the end of the half. We still aliveDamn! i didn't know all this football was on today
Like Dieon says, you either get fired and move on to a bigger program in coaching....
I was this days old when I found out trick ass Rodger Gooddell had a black nephew
#metoo
Yo this a good ass game. Fuck what you heard!!!