USATF release post-Madrid said the punishment could include, "a written reprimand, discontinuation of financial benefits from USATF and the USOC, and other more severe penalties."
I can't say it with 100% certainty, but I have been told that USATF has the power to suspend from all kinds of meetings. Anybody out there confirm/deny that? gh ps--in the bad old AAU days, 1970 or '71, there was an incident on the international tour (this was back when the U.S. actually had dual meets against European countries most summers) where team leaders caught a couple of high profile athletes in the sack. The male athlete was given the old wink-wink-nudge-nudge treatment. The woman (who was a world ranker, and a "consenting adult") was given a year's suspension. Then things like Title IX came along and women started getting all the breaks. You know, like equal treatment. Dang! > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 17:05:27 -0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: t-and-f: Seneca Lassiter - USATF Investigation Status > > One of the possible 'penalties' is suspension for some > period of time from U.S. "teams"- which could run the > gamut from Pan Am Games through World Cup, World Champs, > and even Olympic Games, depending on how long the > penalty is. > Such a penalty would not prevent him from 'earning a > living' in individual tour stops or invitational meets. > And it would also focus the penalty to a narrow, > specific type of competition where the transgression > occurred to begin with. Namely doing something- > rabbiting for an 'opponent'- which is perfectly okay in > invitational meets, but is considered a conflict of > interest in team-scored events and a violation of > obligatory responsibilities when accepting a team > berth. You don't do anything to intentionally help > an opposing team score points. > > But that's just one penalty possibility- we'll have to > see what transpires. > > RT >
