Just seems lame to say such a thing, just saying
Just seems lame to say such a thing, just saying
better late than never.
Yeah, I agree, Eddy's getting far more praise than he deserves.
Wow There wrote:
Yeah, I agree, Eddy's getting far more praise than he deserves.
He doesn't deserve any praise he's a douche that cheated and robbed legitimate runners of their winnings and glory. And he only admitted to it after 6 years for crying out loud that doesn't count, if he had come clean at the start he would still be a douche but at least he would be a more honest douche. Not to mention he wasted everyones time, money and energy fighting it for years when he knew it was true. Who cares about his conscience he can rot in hell as far as I'm concerned. He should be prosecuted for fraud and any thing else the legal minds can dream up.
He is a douche but looks like a straight-up gent next to his wife.
My guess:
...because some people like the "cult" of the sport. They like the "club". They liked having Eddie part of "The Club".
And,
It is easier to do the feel-good thing than it is to develop a more thoughtful and complex response.
My thoughts:
Eddie was not convicted of murder, and should not be treated as if he were. But, he certainly does not deserve a big thumbs-up.
Eddie and others like him ruin the competition.
Competition is not just something we "do"; it is something that we are a "part of".
Many of us never ran for "times" or PRs. We raced to be a part of the competition, to contribute to it and to measure ourselves within it. We are obliged to do our part as a component of the foundation of "the competition" and to be a part of the "barometer".
Eddie weakened the foundation, queered the barometer.
He kept people off of podiums and displaced them from their earned position in the foundation of the competition.
Eddie cheated and lied. Six years of denial, via commission and omission can not be excused away with a sudden admission.
If he was a drunk driver and was only caught once, at age 44, when he crashed his car...I'll tell you what, he will never drive my car, and I would not want him on my roads.
But part of "the competition" is the set of rules to which we all should abide. He served his sentence. As far as I am concerned he is allowed back in the sport, but we all have the right to scrutinize, doubt, and even periodically restrict.
In this case, the most famous but apropos oxymoron applies:
"Trust, but verify."
The rules state he is allowed back. What the rules do not state is that he should be in perpetual payback mode.
Eddie, it's on you:
Payback, with altruism, not just to buy your way back in the sport, not to reconnect with "The Club", but to reduce the damages…because it is the right thing to do.
I'm a geezer man - not familiar at all with this guy although saw some results that were pretty incredible for his age.
Don't know how long he had benefited from use of EPO - but it seems a reasonable consequence would be for him to refund the $$ he received while running with drug help. I thinks its called restitution - a true representation of apology.
POD most excellent!!
no pacers wrote:
Wejo Rojo why do you give thumbs up to Eddy H after 6 years of denial?
Why do people start new threads instead of posting in the existing ones where the comment was made? Who knows why anyone does anything.
Guess I was supposed to read every post in the many threads started on this message board without having an original thought of my own? I directly asked, "why the thumbs up?" because I found the headline on the front page to be weak excuse for a guy who was found guilty of ped use over 6 years ago. I was driven to post my open question/statement to the owners of this running web site by what apears to be back-slapping, good old boy acceptance.
Another thing, M Jones went to jail for a period of time in regards to her drug use, Eddy did not. They want to judge her as an opportunistic book seller after the BroJos except the lame BS from Eddy H.
mplatt said it best.
I assure you you're not original.
no pacers wrote:Another thing, M Jones went to jail for a period of time in regards to her drug use, Eddy did not. \
Marion Jones did not go to jail for drug use. She went to jail because she lied to investigators. It is illegal to acquire EPO, HGH, steroids, etc. without a prescription, but not something you would typically go to jail for, especially if you have a clean record.