[theFIRMbss]

>I don't know about you folks, but I was a Lance Armstrong fan. This really bothers me.

Yeah, it bugs me, too,
but remember that these days
athletes are pretty

uneducated,
and have no hope for money
other than keeping

corporate sugar
daddies happy. Desperate
and dumb say dumb things.

[the_doc]

IMHO, you guys are overreacting. Lance is just trying to avoid a useless and perhaps even counterproductive politicizing of athletics.

(Lance's stature as an athlete might give him a podium, but no thoughtful person would say that this gives him special credibility. Besides, his pro-American stance would not further the discussion.)