OT: Armstrong going to admit doping next Thursday

[IPostedWhat]

 

[jstewismybastardson]

 

[HammerDown]

I love it! "Vile betrayal"

 

[mooger_35]

You've got it all wrong...

Wait, what?!?

 

[IPostedWhat]

You've got it all wrong...

Wait, what?!?

Both of you have it wrong...

 

[mooger_35]

all I see is the dreaded X for a missing image.

Damn work filters.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Looks like they are right though.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

I hope the government goes after him. I hope he spends serious time in jail. I realize it probably won't happen, but Lance Armstrong is a dispicable person.

 

[forty_three]

I hope the government goes after him. I hope he spends serious time in jail. I realize it probably won't happen, but Lance Armstrong is a dispicable person.

Yes, then we get back to reporting on what stellar people Ray Lewis and Kobe Bryant are. Let's get the real monsters off the streets and punished up good.

 

[Darkstone42]

I hope the government goes after him. I hope he spends serious time in jail. I realize it probably won't happen, but Lance Armstrong is a dispicable person.

That would be a waste of time and a waste of resources. Is blood doping even illegal under American law?

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

That would be a waste of time and a waste of resources. Is blood doping even illegal under American law?

All I know is this morning on disney they mentioned the government was considering joining Floyd Landis in his lawsuit & apparently federal prosecuters in California might be preparing to go after Armstrong.

 

[forty_three]

All I know is this morning on disney they mentioned the government was considering joining Floyd Landis in his lawsuit & apparently federal prosecuters in California might be preparing to go after Armstrong.

Floyd's lawsuit is a civil matter of libel. Not sure how the "Government" could join that.

And the prosecutors in California would surely be able to prosecute a man from Texas for something he did in France that isn't illegal in the US.

Disney did get one thing right; He rides bikes.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Floyd's lawsuit is a civil matter of libel. Not sure how the "Government" could join that.

And the prosecutors in California would surely be able to prosecute a man from Texas for something he did in France that isn't illegal in the US.

Disney did get one thing right; He rides bikes.

Sorry, meant to say US Postal Service.

All I know is Armstrong is going to spend a lot of time in court rooms. I hope he rots in hell.

 

[elocomotive]

Rots in hell? C'mon...

I'll ask again... Clearly what he did was against the rules, but how do we put this in the context of the sport of cycling? For a time, and possibly still today, EVERYONE in that sport was dirty. It's not like baseball where some guys were cheating and others were not. How do we put it in that context? Because frankly, if you didn't cheat when Lance was racing, you WEREN'T going to win.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Rots in hell? C'mon...

I'll ask again... Clearly what he did was against the rules, but how do we put this in the context of the sport of cycling? For a time, and possibly still today, EVERYONE in that sport was dirty. It's not like baseball where some guys were cheating and others were not. How do we put it in that context? Because frankly, if you didn't cheat when Lance was racing, you WEREN'T going to win.

My problem with Armstrong isn't the doping. It's the denying it. He threw everyone under the bus. He watched as others like Landis got caught when he was doing far worse all along. This guy was buying off opponents so he could get bonuses. Armstrong basically called every single person who questioned him a LIAR, when he was the one LYING.

Oprah didn't seem very happy with the interview he gave her either when she was asked about it this morning.

 

[IPostedWhat]

People have been cheating at riding a bike since it was invented.

Just look at this shit:


List of doping cases in cycling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[esls79]

Eddie Merckx or however you spell his name is regarded with Armstrong as the best cyclist of all time and even he was busted for doping back in the 60's or 70's.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Eddie Merckx or however you spell his name is regarded with Armstrong as the best cyclist of all time and even he was busted for doping back in the 60's or 70's.

1969

Eddy Merckx of Belgium tested positive for the stimulant Reactivan at Savona during the 1969 Giro d'Italia, after leading the race through 16 stages. Merckx was found positive at doping control and expelled from the Giro. Merckx steadfastly denied the charges. The controversy began to swirl when his test results were not handled in the ordinary manner. The positive doping control was released to the press before all parties (Merckx and team officials) involved were notified.

1973

Eddy Merckx tested positive for a banned substance in the Giro di Lombardia classic. He was disqualified from first place. Runner-up Felice Gimondi was declared the winner.

1977

A Belgian doctor, Professor Michel Debackere, perfected a test for the detection of Pemoline, an amphetamine-like drug, and caught three of the biggest names in Belgium: Eddy Merckx, Freddy Maertens and Michel Pollentier.

 

[elocomotive]

People have been cheating at riding a bike since it was invented.

Just look at this shit:


List of doping cases in cycling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Guys after your own heart...

Henri Pélissier, Francis Pélissier, Charles Pélissier of France. In 1924, following their abandon of the Tour de France, the first real drug scandal arose when the Pélissier brothers gave an extraordinary interview to journalist Albert Londres. They said that they used strychnine, cocaine, chloroform, aspirin, "horse ointment" and others drugs to keep going.

The explosion from 2002 to 2010 is absurd! My favorite is from the 1930s...

The acceptance of drug-taking in the Tour de France was so complete by 1930 that the rule book, distributed by Henri Desgrange, reminded riders that drugs would not be provided by the organisers

BYOHO!

 

[jstewismybastardson]