Comments on: If Armstrong Doped, What Was it Worth?

By: Will Lance Armstrong Admit PED use to Oprah? - Fansmanship

Will Lance Armstrong Admit PED use to Oprah? - Fansmanship — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:31:50 +0000

[…] will confess to doping when he is interviewed by Oprah (airing) on January 17th. I’ve written about Lance Armstrong before. Things have gotten even worse for him since […]

By: owenmain

owenmain — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:10:54 +0000

Hey Davenport, Thanks for the clarification about the “cancer-research” part. I’ve updated the post. If anyone wants more info about what the Lance Armstrong Foundation, what they do, etc… you can go to their website: http://www.livestrong.org/What-We-Do . I agree that LAF does get Lance good press. Whatever the motivations for the foundation though, has it not done quite a bit of good? The post is based on the premise that LAF has done the good things it purports to have done. If I get information to the contrary, I am definitely open to changing my opinion. Thanks for reading!

By: Davenport

Davenport — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 22:48:40 +0000

This is an odd piece of writing. It’s also factually inaccurate. Livestrong do not raise money for cancer research, which would be great if they did. They provide some counselling type services and mainly they refer people to other well established cancer support agencies. But mainly they exist to give Lance good press. And boy is he going to need good press one of these days.

By: Not Lance

Not Lance — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:51:22 +0000

USADA alleges Armstrong doping goes back to as little as 2 years ago.

The government’s case and USADA’s are completely different. The DOJ was charging financial fraud, a crime. USADA is charging a doping conspiracy in cycling, an infraction of sporting rules.

Rather than being over it, the DOJ had to decide if they had enough to convict in a criminal proceeding which has a much higher burden of proof than USADA’s will for their hearing.

By: Callie Main

Callie Main — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:42:21 +0000

We may be watching the evolution of the term ‘hero’ here, but not miss a beat in a culture that promotes winning over playing. That keen desire to win is maybe what enables us to “battle” cancer, to “beat the odds” and to “overcome” adversity and mediocrity. Just sayin’ ~ my mind isn’t made up yet, but there’s a lot of room for discussion.

By: mcj

mcj — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:03:38 +0000

Owen, lets take this hypothetical another step further. If it was worth lance to dope because in this argument i agree with you, more good has come out of his 7 wins than all the other wins combined (except maybe eddie merecks)…then lets propose the question, is it worth the usada to bring up charges against lance for allegations that something went down over a decade ago. If we look at a precedent decision on this, the us government had an opportunity and said nay…we are over it, lance and cycle and tdf can all move on with their life. Why then can’t the usada move on? I will tell you the answer…because its personal and for this reason we will never know the true reasons.