Senior defensive lineman Tomari Fox received harsh news from the NCAA yesterday. Fox will be ineligible for the 2022 football season after his appeal of a season-long suspension for ingesting a banned substance was denied.
At issue with the NCAA is an over-the-counter pre-workout drink that contained a banned substance that Fox was unaware of. UNC head football coach Mack Brown said,
“I’m really concerned about the penalty. I don’t think the penalty is fair. Here’s a young guy that got some advice from somebody and drank something out of a bottle that I would have drunk and then he loses his entire year.