On 10 March 2015 la Fédération Française de Basket-Ball (FFBB) - the French Basketball Federation – decided to acquit the Respondent M51 for for whereabouts filing failures after three warnings.
The Respondent missed a test in April 2014 and failed to submit his whereabouts for the 3rd and 4th quarter of 2014.
Hereafter in April 2015 the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) opened disciplinary proceedings against Respondent M51.
The Respondent argued that the first whereabouts failure and missed test in April 2014 should be dismissed because the Doping Control Officer was not authorized. During the proceedings the Respondent admitted his non intentional negligence with the missed test and the whereabouts.
The AFLD finds that the Doping Control Officer was duly authorized and the Respondent had previously already admitted his negligence. The AFLD concludes that the Respondent failed to give an explanation for his failures to submit his whereabouts for the 3rd and 4th quarter of 2014, nor did he contact AFLD about the missed test and his whereabouts information in 2014.
Therefore the AFLD decides on 8 October 2015 to annul the FFBB decision of 10 March 2015 and to impose a 1 year period of ineligibility starting on the date of the notification of the decision to the Respondent M51.
