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Originally Posted by Cowperson
I think the USASDA will eventually crash and burn on this. A pyrrhic victory that leads to reform within an overly politicized organization. And Armstrong will probably retain or eventually recover the titles.
They seem to have successfully turned a probable doper into an underdog hero.
A pretty typical rebuttal that you're seeing across the media universe, this one in the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports...tml?tid=pm_pop
or this in the Calgary Herald
http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2012/...nce-armstrong/
Cowperson |
The titles are probably irrelevant at this point. This era of the tour de France is tainted forever and the historical significance has been lost anyway. Same goes for the once magical mlb hr record,
I see the sentiment moving more from forgetting about Armstrong as the world's greatest cyclist and focusing on the good things he's done.
I do notice in his statement that he never flat out states that he didn't do any drugs or doping. Just that he followed the rules and didn't fail any tests. It seems that in his mind the rules are you can do whatever you want up to the point of triggering a positive on a drug test.
http://m.washingtonpost.com/national...425_story.html
I used to buy into the sentiment that everyone else is doing it, who cares. But now that I have kids, my outlook has really changed. Every dad likes to dream that one day their boy will play in the majors. I'd hope that if that is ever the case that sports will be completely clean, so my kids wouldn't have to make the decision to risk their long term health for a few years of glory. Sports are supposed to be good for you, not blow up your liver.