He was an sanctioned athlete for whatever time period his punishment will have to be (if they reduce it). That in itself is punishment enough, is it not? This is basically the reasoning for the "light" sentencing of the other riders who testified against Lance, but that was so readily accepted? Why? Because it allowed them to take the big dog Lance down? What if he can provide info to clean up an sports governing body. That to me would be a huge game changer in the doping fight.
So essentially nothing less than a lifetime ban for Lance will work for you?
Lance has basically served the same penalties as the guys that testified against him, and IF he can provide alot of info that USADA wants, I'm just not really sure why you'd be against him coming back. It worked to bust Lance, but it cant work any other times?
I kinda sense a bias being formed here. ETA: I cant stand Lance, but if we are going to allow governing bodies and riders to mix and match penalties based on what info you can provide, I just would have to think, if the info that Lance has is that valuable to USADA, they'd want to play to a somewhat manageable terms that both will come with in order to get what needs to be addressed. Lances wants his ball back, USADA seemingly wants his info. Go get an arbitrator and figure out what it'll take to get both sides to agree. It sounds like from Lance's view, pretty much Kona in 2013 or 2014 has to be part of the package. Doesnt sound like USADA wants to bend that far. So if that's where we are at, all these deadlines are meaningless. They already have Lance, so for him what's the point of talking anymore, if he's not going to get anything in return that he thinks is worth it. He'll simply do as other doped athletes have done, ride off into the sunset and not really ever fully address their doping issue.
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@brooksdoughtie
USAT-L2,Y&J; USAC-L2
http://www.aomultisport.com
So essentially nothing less than a lifetime ban for Lance will work for you?
Lance has basically served the same penalties as the guys that testified against him, and IF he can provide alot of info that USADA wants, I'm just not really sure why you'd be against him coming back. It worked to bust Lance, but it cant work any other times?
I kinda sense a bias being formed here. ETA: I cant stand Lance, but if we are going to allow governing bodies and riders to mix and match penalties based on what info you can provide, I just would have to think, if the info that Lance has is that valuable to USADA, they'd want to play to a somewhat manageable terms that both will come with in order to get what needs to be addressed. Lances wants his ball back, USADA seemingly wants his info. Go get an arbitrator and figure out what it'll take to get both sides to agree. It sounds like from Lance's view, pretty much Kona in 2013 or 2014 has to be part of the package. Doesnt sound like USADA wants to bend that far. So if that's where we are at, all these deadlines are meaningless. They already have Lance, so for him what's the point of talking anymore, if he's not going to get anything in return that he thinks is worth it. He'll simply do as other doped athletes have done, ride off into the sunset and not really ever fully address their doping issue.
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@brooksdoughtie
USAT-L2,Y&J; USAC-L2
http://www.aomultisport.com