Lance was offered the same opportunity and declined it.

for you it's really all about LA and not the big picture. All these suspensions do is demonstrate that it's perfectly ok to use banned substances that would normally result in at least a 2 year ban but if you are willing to turn on a bigger fish then its all good.

That doesn't matter to me. If you cooperate you get X, but if you don't you get Y is inherently unjust. It increases the motivation to lie, exaggerate or down play your own guilt. You can only justify different treatment if your inherent view is that catching one particular individual is more important than another.

The other side is that up until now, George Hincapie was a beloved cyclist who could do no wrong.

Now, he's an admitted doper who was forced to publicly admit that he did cheat and that he did willingly agree to talk about others doping.

If USADA punishes George like they are punishing LA, then what motivation does he have to come clean and speak about his experience? If George loses everything, he just refuses to talk and becomes an ally of LA and he never agrees to tell his story.

How do you think George feels this morning? His image has always been one of squeaky clean good guy who always helped Lance win. Now, he's an admitted doper who was willing to tell USADA everything he knew, including about LA.

I imagine it's not a good day to be any of those guys. Do you think George is lying?

If George didn't dope, why would he publicly admit to it?

...the "told you sooooooo" from every direction.

I 'was' a die-hard Lance (Cycling/Triathlon) fan.

Bonfire at my house this Friday Night. Bring your 'LA" Cofidis, USPS, Astana, & RadioShack jersey's. They are all going in the fire. My LA posters; 7 of them, they are my fire-starters. I got plenty of fire wood and an old bed frame. The books, the photo's, the carbon white USPS frame?...in the fire.

I am keeping my livestrong bracelet and my livestrong clothing. Lance or not, livestrong is something special to me and many other people.

FYI: I will no longer check LA's or Juan Pelota's Twitter.

PS: I am keeping my Trek Bikes. I paid for them damn't.

what about all the Hincapie-made team kits?

Ben no one is arguing that it isn't an effective or even correct strategy given the desired outcome. My original point still stands that those weak suspensions only serve to provide credence to LA's claims of a witch hunt in the public eye and for him that is the only thing that matters.

Why do you hate game theory?

George will still come out smelling like roses. If he wanted to compete he had to dope. It's what they will all say and it's the truth.

That doesn't matter to me. If you cooperate you get X, but if you don't you get Y is inherently unjust. It increases the motivation to lie, exaggerate or down play your own guilt. You can only justify different treatment if your inherent view is that catching one particular individual is more important than another.

if the goal was to stop doping then going after what happened 10 years ago when EVERYONE doped is a waste of time and money. And to say well if you speak up we will give you a 6 month suspension but we will ban LA for life and strip him of titles is consistent with witch hunt.

My original point still stands that those weak suspensions only serve to provide credence to LA's claims of a witch hunt in the public eye and for him that is the only thing that matters.

His confession states that he stopped in 2006