“the United States has become a place in which professional athletes and entertainers are mistaken for people of significance.” Robert A. Heinlein
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“I went and looked up the definition of cheat,” he added a moment later. “And the definition is to gain an advantage on a rival or foe. I didn’t view it that way. I viewed it as a level playing field.”
...and Lance IMHO would be correct. Blood doping was as common in professional bike racing as bicyclists. Doesn’t make it right, but the blame should fall somewhat on the agencies in control, (there is an oxymoron) of the sport.
I’m not wasting my time on what should be done. It is obvious that the sport depends on blood doping and it can be done without being found out, so either allow it, fix it, or go down with the ship.
Lance Armstrong still won against all other blood transfusion arteests so bully for him, and hopefully he can be a part of the solution.
I have no use for people who are obsessed with winning, regardless of how they win.
I'm not sure what to say about Lance Armstrong now - all I can say is that I'm of the minority that never bought it. Some of the things he said about his cancer recovery just... weren't right, let's say it that way.
I've never met Adrian Peterson and I really have no more stake in his reputation than you see in my screenname, but here's his rap sheet: Adrian said the wrong thing once, and got in a shoving match with a rentacop once, that no doubt ended up better for the rentacop than it could have.
To see him gratuitously compared to uh, this Armstrong character, who proclaimed that his recovery from cancer was his own doing and that G-d had nothing to do with it... trying to spatter Adrian with the same matter, if you know what I'm saying, that's all over Armstrong right now... that just ain't right...
He said that he didn’t consider himself a cheater because everyone else was cheating except for those who weren’t cheating.
Everyone doped, his crime was he was an American who kept on winning.
His 15 minutes are up, he needs to go away.
Thx for your attention to this matter.
Armstrong has dishonored humanity with his behavior. We have young men braving booby traps and enemy bullets in Afghanistan and this jerk goes on national television to try and explain away his cheating. Hey Lance, pull a two year tour with the Infantry in Afghanistan and I’ll forgive you for being a greedy cheat.
My understanding of Armstrong’s mea culpa is that he’s negotiating for participation in triathlons and marathons.
Excerpt:
Lance Armstrong confession a convenient truth, says WADA
Reuters, DNA, January 18, 2013
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was left unimpressed by Lance Armstrong’s doping confessions in a television interview, calling the disgraced cyclist’s confession a convenient truth. Armstrong, already stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, revealed his dark secrets to talk show host Oprah Winfrey on Thursday with more revelations expected to follow on Friday in part two of the interview.
As the sporting world digested Armstrong’s admission that all seven of his Tour victories were fuelled by performance-enhancing drugs, WADA officials were left unmoved by the American’s answers or Winfrey’s questioning. “It seemed to us it was more of a convenient truth than a full display of what went on and that is really what we would ask him to do,” WADA director general David Howman told Reuters on Friday.
“First, it displays that talking to a talk show host is not a very effective way of getting the full information out because a talk show host doesn’t have the full story. “I think there were a lot of words put into his mouth, that’s not the way you get full information. “The tough questions have to be asked at some stage if they are going to be answered there may be some benefit.”
Both WADA and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), who conducted the exhaustive investigation that resulted in Armstrong’s lifetime ban, have challenged the 41-year-old to come forward and and tell what he knows about the widespread doping in his sport under oath. According to media reports Armstrong is hoping to trade some insider knowledge of doping in cycling for a reduction of his lifetime ban that would allow him to resume competition in athletic events that adhere to the World Anti-Doping Code.
More here:
http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_lance-armstrong-confession-a-convenient-truth-says-wada_1790279
In a more perfect world Okrah would have taped the interview, described it to the press and the public and shelved it, instead of giving the cheater a nationwide platform!