Nike Terminates Lance Armstrong Contract

I don't see that the UCI or Le Tour itself or Radio Shack are targeted. My point is something like "don't hate the playa, hate the game"

"Lance had the opportunity to receive the same favorable treatment the other riders did."

Oh really . . . .????

He may have had an opportunity to come clean, but there is absolutely no proof that he would have received the same treatment. Hincapie gets to ride off into retirement as a hero. VDV gets 6 month suspension after the season is over. Please. Those guys got sweetheart deals for one reason - to get Lance. And they aren't heroes. They only sung when issued subpoenas to appear before federal grand jury. Or (in the case of Tyler and Floyd) when they were already disgraced and saw an opportunity to profit.

Patrick Fitzgerald wrote:

I don't see that the UCI or Le Tour itself or Radio Shack are targeted. My point is something like "don't hate the playa, hate the game"

"Lance had the opportunity to receive the same favorable treatment the other riders did."

Oh really . . . .????

He may have had an opportunity to come clean, but there is absolutely no proof that he would have received the same treatment. Hincapie gets to ride off into retirement as a hero. VDV gets 6 month suspension after the season is over. Please. Those guys got sweetheart deals for one reason - to get Lance. And they aren't heroes. They only sung when issued subpoenas to appear before federal grand jury. Or (in the case of Tyler and Floyd) when they were already disgraced and saw an opportunity to profit.

I agree that there are no heros in here. None. I do think that Lance had the opportunity to get the same deal as the other riders, as USADA has been consistent in applying the guidelines in the WADA code to people who cooperate. I guess you are right that there are no guarantees.

Radio Shack, I don't believe sponsors a team any more, but I am not sure. The targeted individuals were Bruyneel, Celeya, Ferrari, and del Moral. I believe the UCI was also an unnamed target, and they are certainly implicated in the report. I believe that part of the story is not even close to over yet.

Does it matter, how does a retired athlete remain on the payroll? Cutting ties was the logical thing to do regardless if he was convicted or not.

Lets strip him of the titles, sure, but everyone in those Tour De France races know who won them and so does everyone that watched them. There is not a single reason why doping is illegal, if you don't want to dope then don't, there are plenty of examples in sports where a clean athlete has proven he is just as good as the dirty ones.

Its always someone like the Letsrun witch hunting lynch mob that is all about catching dopers and labeling everything dirty, posting the doping allegations in large bold text and then posting REAL running news in small barely noticeable print underneath.

I'm so tired of the hypocritical sentiments of the writers. You've spent so much time trying to hassle major sponsors to attack their "doped" athletes that you produced 4 shirts that look like a 2nd grader designed them.

There is a reason the sport is a back burner to literally any other sport in the world and that's because everyone involved in it has a fantasy with everyone being dirty. 50% of letsrun could have probably made it to the next level of competitive running had they been more focused on their own training rather than trying to alienation everyone around them for doping.

This is why Wejo didn't make the Olympics

Why Rojo couldn't produce a competitive NCAA squad

Why non of the employees can construct a good article themselves and rarely find a decent one written by someone else.

Yeah, what he said! There is not a single reason why doping should be banned. And what's this business of not allowing little, secret motors on the bikes? Who needs any rules at all? Sports can easily make sense without any rules.

Oh, and I suck because I look at Letsrun, and because I think Lance is guilty. Likewise all of Letsrun, in all facets.

Lance, haven't you got enough to worry about?

SB wrote: Lance, haven't you got enough to worry about?

Only a troll working for USADA believes the only person against them is Lance himself.

Travis Tygart is following all the political manipulation rules --sway public opinion-- but it is not working.

Sorry Travis, a good scientific report looks at ALL the data, including passed drugs tests. Your report on Armstrong fails to explain how drugs were taken for years with Armstrong passing all, except a tainted sample a French lab lost track of.

Travis, you have essentially claimed your testing sucks, and is completely worthless. Why bother testing at all? Why not allocate all your funds to attorney fees for "results management" as you call it?

Testing is Worthless wrote:

SB wrote: Lance, haven't you got enough to worry about?

Only a troll working for USADA believes the only person against them is Lance himself.

Travis Tygart is following all the political manipulation rules --sway public opinion-- but it is not working.

Sorry Travis, a good scientific report looks at ALL the data, including passed drugs tests. Your report on Armstrong fails to explain how drugs were taken for years with Armstrong passing all, except a tainted sample a French lab lost track of.

Travis, you have essentially claimed your testing sucks, and is completely worthless. Why bother testing at all? Why not allocate all your funds to attorney fees for "results management" as you call it?

Not a troll, but apparently good troll bait. But not this time! (Oh, you're good. A little TOO good.)