USADA to strip Lance Armstrong of 7 Tour titles

[RCA]

How is the USADA constitutional? There weren't even Olympics in 1776.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/usada-strip-lance-armstrong-7-tour-titles-031949504--spt.html

 

[RickyJ]

Many other cyclists and supporters of the sport have said he was doping too. I think he probably was, but honestly, I don't care. Most people will cheat if they think they can get away with it, that is a fact, and I am sure he wasn't the only one doing it.

 

[LibertyEagle]

That's sad.

 

[jkob]

The USADA is sham organization, they get there man they always do in there witch hunts.

 

[UtahApocalypse]

Love how organizations think they can rewrite history.

 

[specsaregood]

That's sad.

I think its disgusting. The guy passed hundreds of tests and the only evidence I've heard of is claims from people.

 

[LibertyEagle]

I think its disgusting. The guy passed hundreds of tests and the only evidence I've heard of is claims from people.

That's what I really meant. I am just sad about what they did to him.

He lives in Austin and so do I.

 

[specsaregood]

That's what I really meant. I am just sad about what they did to him.

He lives in Austin and so do I.

 

[Tod]

If they didn't have enough evidence to prove the charges, they should've dropped it. Instead, they just hound the guy until they wear him down and he just says, F*** it.

I don't know whether he was or wasn't, and obviously they don't either, so continually working him over amounts to nothing more than harrassment.

 

[Origanalist]

Travis Tygart, USADA's chief executive is a first class, tin horn tyrant. Give some no talent bureaucrat some power and authority and they turn into little Hitlers.

"I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999," he said. "The toll this has taken on my family and my work for our foundation and on me leads me to where I am today — finished with this nonsense."

USADA reacted quickly and treated Armstrong's decision as an admission of guilt, hanging the label of drug cheat on an athlete who was a hero to thousands for overcoming life-threatening testicular cancer and for his foundation's support for cancer research.

"USADA's conduct raises serious questions about whether its real interest in charging Armstrong is to combat doping, or if it is acting according to less noble motives," such as politics or publicity, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks wrote.

"He had a right to contest the charges," WADA President John Fahey said after Armstrong's announcement. "He chose not to. The simple fact is that his refusal to examine the evidence means the charges had substance in them".

It's shit like this that keep good people from entering politics.

 

[coastie]

"He had a right to contest the charges," WADA President John Fahey said after Armstrong's announcement. "He chose not to. The simple fact is that his refusal to examine the evidence means the charges had substance in them".

Ah, I see now....Don't admit to or contest the charges against you = guilty.





I really need to win Powerball this weekend, and leave this shit hole forever.....

 

[jkr]

GUILTY UNTIL NOT PROVEN GUILTY

get it?

 

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

Most people will cheat if they think they can get away with it, that is a fact

Is that really a "fact?" I had a better view of humanity than that.

 

[KingRobbStark]

You cant strip someone of previous wins. That doesn't make any sense.

 

[Cleaner44]

Why any athletes respond to any questions from politicians and such is completely baffling. If I were Lance Armstrong or Roger Clemons I would not even respond to their questions.

 

[Agorism]

I assume Lance is trying to challenge their authority.

 

[Bruno]

My gut feeling tells me he was doping the whole time, encouraged others to do so, most everyone in the top in this sport does it, and they all feel like they had to in order to win and compete at that level.

See: Baseball and steroids

 

[LibertyEagle]

Thing is, you have to have proof and they have NONE.

This action is so wrong.

 

[angelatc]

My husband follows sports, and he says they've been going after him for years. They've threatened to strip his teammates of their titles if they didn't roll on Armstrong.

Freaking amazing.

And he was sponsored by the USPS.

 

[angelatc]

My gut feeling tells me he was doping the whole time, encouraged others to do so, most everyone in the top in this sport does it, and they all feel like they had to in order to win and compete at that level.

See: Baseball and steroids

See: 500 clean tests aren't good enough?