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Dec 14, 2022 12 tweets 3 min read
Part 2

Major changes are coming to the @WorldAthletics ranking system, and we are at risk of the majority of track meets in the United States not counting for rankings or qualifying. In Part 1 I covered some of the history of issues between the NCAA and World Athletics:

Dec 14, 2022 18 tweets 4 min read
PART 1

Will college meets count for World Athletics rankings/qualifying this year?!

@SamSeemes dropped a bombshell at the @USTFCCCA convention yesterday morning, starts at about 54 minutes in: Honestly, the roots of this conflict go back 100 or so years to the beginnings of the battles between the NCAA and AAU for control over athletes. Image
Dec 13, 2022 10 tweets 2 min read
I have some thoughts about this, but first read the article, it is a good one... It is great that Ross is taking responsibility for his whereabouts failures. We see so many athletes throw weird excuses out there, having an athlete admit they made mistakes is refreshing.
Jun 5, 2022 16 tweets 3 min read
This is my daughter. She just turned 9.

Here is why I would never allow her to play middle or high school sports if we lived in Ohio… A few days ago, the Ohio Republicans passed a change to state law that was snuck in at the last minute, under the guise of “protecting” girls sports.

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Jul 26, 2021 19 tweets 4 min read
Alberto Salazar has been ruled permanently ineligible by the US Center for SafeSport.

A thread on what that means and the difference between a SafeSport ban and a doping ban…

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#TrackToo When someone is banned in the Olympic movement, whether for doping or SafeSport, that ban only can stretch as far as the Olympic movement.

For example, a coach who is banned can still coach at a high school or AAU or do their own independent private thing.

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