mag900 wrote:
i absolutely want people banned for life who blatantly cheat for years. this has nothing to do with morals and everything to do with the rules and attempting to clean up sports once and for all. what also is absurd is that you are trying to spin this into a morality call when morality has nothing to do with it. comparing a lifetime ban of the biggest drug cheat of all time to the banning of someone who had an abortion is beyond absurd. all cheating is immoral so i don't understand why you are even bringing this up. you also are wrong thinking that i want him banned for life because he is a bad guy (even though i do think he is a bad guy). he could be a saint but someone who so wantonly breaks the rules for so long and who has had such an unfair advantage for so long should be banned for life in all WADA sports regardless of how good or bad the person is. Ok, but the original statement that I commented on...that you then attacked me for was "Personally (and I have mentioned this before), I would not like to see him in races, whether they are races I compete in or not. Not so much because he doped, but because of his continuous lying, cheating, threathning, bullying, ..."
So if you want him banned for doping...fine. I really don't have a problem with your opinion that he should be banned for life for that. There is certainly enough evidence and now an admission that would warrant it. But my original post, that you took issue with, was that I've seen many posts and comments from people saying that they didn't want him competing, not b/c of the doping, but b/c of the lying, bullying, etc. I took issue with that approach to instituting a ban on an athlete b/c of actions that are not part of the rules.
If his ban is lifted/reduced by USADA/WADA...there is no rule, nor should there be a rule that prevents him from competing. I think what you are saying is that you want USAT to ignore the precedent of "time served" and it's current rules, and issue their own ban. So, in other words, "we don't care if USADA and WADA say he can race, we as a WADA signatory have decided that we will be our own judge and jury on this matter"?