Bloomberg News: Lance Armstrong made more than $218 million in a career he later told Oprah Winfrey was “one big lie."

LetsRun.com wrote:

Does doping pay?

You bet it does.

Armstrong made more than $218 million in a career he later told Oprah Winfrey was “one big lie.”

vote>benevolent despot

but he still has to look at himself in the mirror knowing him and his career are a fraud.

i have more respect for a person who flips burgers or pumps gas for a living, at least they are getting their money honestly.

douglas burke wrote:

but he still has to look at himself in the mirror knowing him and his career are a fraud.

i have more respect for a person who flips burgers or pumps gas for a living, at least they are getting their money honestly.

That's fine for you and me. But we need to realize that stuff like that doesn't matter too much for guys like Lance.

Punishment should begin with losing all those ill-gotten gains. The net overall effect should be negative (same principle should apply for banks for frauds, etc.).

After that, some kind of penalty. Financial and/or incarceration.

Otherwise, any sociopath running the numbers will logically continue to cheat and make lots of money.

So what? $180 million was for endorsements. They pay for publicity and being associated with a winner. I'd say they got their money's worth.

I'd rather have pyscho like Lance riding a bike than trying to defraud a bank or much worse. Let the guy ride a bike, at least he's not hurting anyone physically or financially...everyone at that level cheated, so what.

Everyone other Tour contender doped as well as many support riders. So I guess you could say cycling is one big lie and you may as well throw in running is one big lie because they are doping too.

Yes, you could say that. We can include NFL and MLB too.

Bobby1 wrote:

Everyone other Tour contender doped as well as many support riders. So I guess you could say cycling is one big lie and you may as well throw in running is one big lie because they are doping too.

What you said has zero substance or substantiation and constitutes the moral reasoning of a kindergartner.

Got it. Sports are clean. Nothing to see here.

Sure it pays , look at the baseball home run kings of past , how about NFL football and just for good measure since this is running site , track and field.

What did Lance do differently than any other top cyclist, track and field athlete, or basically any other professional athlete in the last 30 years?

Should no one bother to be successful and make money in sports since it will be “one big lie.”

i agree with this

Trex123 wrote:

I'd rather have pyscho like Lance riding a bike than trying to defraud a bank or much worse. Let the guy ride a bike, at least he's not hurting anyone physically or financially...everyone at that level cheated, so what.

Hey letsrun.com your name "benevolent dictator" makes you like one big tool.

douglas burke wrote:

but he still has to look at himself in the mirror knowing him and his career are a fraud.

Won't worry Lance, he's done the confessional bit and can now get on with his life and spend his money. Sure, there'll be others chasing him for some it and there'll be court cases and interviews etc but that's time in the public eye which he enjoys and they won't get it all.

1 Big Lie wrote:

What did Lance do differently than any other top cyclist, track and field athlete, or basically any other professional athlete in the last 30 years?

Should no one bother to be successful and make money in sports since it will be “one big lie.”

And those that get caught must deal with the consequences. In Lance's case, the bigger you rise, the harder you fall.