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Arizona Wildcats guard Allonzo Trier ruled ineligible after drug test
Unbelievable!!
Arizona Wildcats guard Allonzo Trier has been ruled ineligible by the NCAA after a drug test revealed a small amount of a banned substance in Trier's body, The University of Arizona confirmed Thursday.
According to UA, the banned substance is the same substance found in Trier's body in 2016, which caused him to miss the first half of the 2016-17 college basketball season. UA says...
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https://www.abc15.com/sports/sports-blogs-local/arizona-wildcats-guard-allonzo-trier-ruled-ineligible-after-drug-test
Arizona is appealing the suspension for the positive test, which the school argues is not a result of renewed PED use, but a residual trace of the steroid Ostarine in Trier's system from 2016. That's when Trier first tested positive for PED use, causing him to miss 19 games last season. Trier's attorney Steve Thompson said Trier original ingestion of Ostarine was inadvertent and came as the result of his stepfather mixing it in a drink for the player.
https://twitter.com/JayBilas/status/966828785919315968
Another story on Trier testing positive and UofA appealing
https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/sports/arizonas-allonzo-trier-declared-ineligible-second-failed-ped-test-231839842.html?__twitter_impression=true
Arizona requested a medical exception from the NCAA to allow Trier to continue playing, but that request was rejected Thursday and he was declared ineligible. Penalty for a second positive PED test would be a one-year suspension from competition.
Official statement from UofA
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https://twitter.com/Sam_Vecenie/status/966814198037544960
This is just insane if it turns out to be the case.
https://twitter.com/caseymatzke/status/966824881554952198
Holy shit fuck!!!!! Wtf is going on? Is this the same test they used last year? Is this a new type of test? If so then, this can't be fair to him or the team. And the whole NCAA for that matter. I wonder if any other player is being subjected to such tests... This royally sucks...
Pic just taken of Trier with his teammates
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If that "Science Lesson of the Day" is actually true, how does the NCAA get to rule Trier ineligible for a suspension that he served last season?
Whatever the case may be, this is A LOT of negative attention coming down on Arizona right now.
The Trier PEDs that went on 2016-17, the FBI case in the summer/fall of 2017, and now we have the Trier PEDs 2.0; I'm sleep!
This is really going to test how committed our fan base is, more so than the looming interim circus we had before Lute officially stepped down.
Good read for Arizona fans on Kolton Houston, a football player ineligibile for 3 years for a steroid that seemed to remain in his system
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/9509941/georgia-bulldogs-lineman-kolton-houston-eligible-3-year-battle
If Alonzo is allowed to play during the appeal (is he playing tonight?) I'm sure NCAA will deny the appeal right before the PAC tourney or big dance.
Hearing Arizona is hoping Trier will be eligible very soon as the B sample is being requested to be tested, which they believe has a good chance of coming back negative.
Sean Miller says he hopes Trier is cleared by as soon as tomorrow!
Not sure what NCAA is doing but they better hurry and make a final decision on the matter asap. Isn't there a way for the UA Basketball and Zo to sue if Zo comes back? Sigh...
Quote from: abroadcats on February 23, 2018, 01:55:54 AM
Not sure what NCAA is doing but they better hurry and make a final decision on the matter asap. Isn't there a way for the UA Basketball and Zo to sue if Zo comes back? Sigh...
That was my thought too. If the facts we are hearng ifrom his mother and others are accurate he should have one heck of a lawsuit!
If Trier's appeal is denied or not answered quickly, I would not be surprised if the lawyers sought an injunction against the NCAA. Of course the risk is that if a subsequent lawsuit did not find in favor of Trier, the UofA would have to vacate any wins they have with Trier during disputed eligibility. I don't think this has ever happened before, but seriously, what does Trier and UofA have to lose?
Interesting article here on why nobody does this: https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/8qy533/how-a-little-known-ncaa-rule-shuts-athletes-out-of-the-legal-system
But given the circumstances, this may be an opportunity to buck the system.
Thanks for posting Eel. That is a really interesting article and just shows again how evil the NCAA truly is.
This is one of the only times agree with Dickie V
#FREEZO
https://twitter.com/DickieV/status/967019752215470081
I had to dig all the way to the fourth page to bump this thread.
Anyway, has anyone heard anything about the status of Trier's appeal? Before all hell broke loose on Friday, Miller has said he thought Trier could have played Saturday against Oregon.
I know the NCAA moves slower than molasses though.
If it is like last year even if he wins the appeal we would still have to wait until the drug totally leaves his system... not sure that will happen in the couple weeks but I have my fingers crossed.
Experts doubt Allonzo Trier's explanation for PED suspension
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Medical professionals say it's "unlikely" this banned substance reappeared more than a year later
https://www.azdesertswarm.com/basketball/2018/2/27/17059836/arizona-wildcats-basketball-experts-doubt-allonzo-trier-explanation-ped-suspension-yahoo-ostarine