Thanks, Brad, for clarifying the situation [emoji52][emoji52][emoji52]
no kidding so basically any of the possible situations are in play.
I think the difference with Grier is Florida's appeal, they weren't saying he has asthma and this is in his meds, they were saying he was taking an over the counter supplment, he didn't know this was in it, honest mistake.
My guess is the NCAA has to determine with Trier is the asthma situation real or not. Again if he tested positive for albuterol he has a few things in play, has to prove he has been diagnosed with asthma, is supposed to have a medical exemption. And he has to prove that he's not just doing what tons of cyclists and body builders do, use it as a PED and get diagnosed with asthma to get the medical exemption. Both cycling and bodybuilding have developed accepted levels of it that would be consistent with use as an asthma medication and if the athlete exceeds those levels, they get suspended. My guess is that's what the NCAA is going to have to do here too, at what level do we decide he's not really using it for asthma he used it to lean out and he's suspended. Can't answer that.
that of course assumes the asthma medication rumor is real. Even if he doesn't play tonight it doesn't mean the decision is done, but the longer he doesn't play and Miller doesn't comment the more likely he's already suspended and they're just not announcing it because the circumstances qualify as protected under privacy rules.
I also suspect Miller is being smart here, openly complaining the NCAA is dragging their feet is usually not productive, they tend to not like being publicly called out in these sort of things so unless Miller really knew they had an ironclad appeal it would be unwise to do that.
an aside on this asthma rumor, near as I can tell there's really one guy that's the source of that, a Cal guy who posts on Scout boards and others under some variation of the name Shocky. I've exchanged PM's with him in the past he likes to accuse both UCLA and Arizona of recruiting violations so you see him on Scout boards off and on. Turns out he posted the PED rumors on a couple of UA boards and then said he has asthma they're appealing it based on that and people seem to have run with it. So no idea if he's the actual source but on some of these boards he clearly is. You can see replies with people saying I wonder if he just forgot to renew his medical exemption so I'm not actually convinced how much of that rumor is rumor and how much is message board speculation that has now become rumor.
