The reason why no one else other than Lance is getting sued is because no one else other than Lance sued and won money from newspapers, book writers, and insurance companies that were right in the first place. They are not suing Lance for Lance's money. They are suing Lance to get their money an reputations back.
I'm pretty sure if all the other riders that doped won money from newspapers and insurance companies they would probably see lawsuits on their hands to return that money + interests + legal fees.
EDIT to say: Lance admits that he doesn't remember or know everyone that he sued. How many other dopers can say that? If you are going to sue so many people that you can't even remember, you stand a better chance that some of those people are going to come and ask for their money back.
yup. no disagreement there. except that i think lance sees it as you do as well, in a way. i think lance sees it as his responsibility to take the biggest fall, to make the biggest apology, to right the biggest wrongs. i don't see anybody else getting sued. i don't see anybody else getting asked for their money back. i don't see anybody else banned (in any consequential way). i don't see anybody else apologizing, really, in any substantial way. i don't think anybody else is being asked by anybody to, in any way, change. i think lance understands that he's going to take the heat for the entire world of cycling. i don't think he's happy about that, but i think he understands it. i don't think he's yet prepared for it. i think he knows he's not yet ready for it. i think he's taken initial steps, and i think he knows that he's going to need to undergo more fundamental change and growth before it's all over. i think he acknowledged that when he admitted that there's no new lance walking around now. it's still the old lance, making progress in fits and starts.
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My marathon PR is "under three, high twos. I had a two hour and fifty-something."
I'm pretty sure if all the other riders that doped won money from newspapers and insurance companies they would probably see lawsuits on their hands to return that money + interests + legal fees.
EDIT to say: Lance admits that he doesn't remember or know everyone that he sued. How many other dopers can say that? If you are going to sue so many people that you can't even remember, you stand a better chance that some of those people are going to come and ask for their money back.
Slowman wrote:
"that's because the the guy who always saw that big picture has to, in essence, die before the real picture can be seen - a paradox that seems to be confounding the flailing Lance - he refuses to surrender." yup. no disagreement there. except that i think lance sees it as you do as well, in a way. i think lance sees it as his responsibility to take the biggest fall, to make the biggest apology, to right the biggest wrongs. i don't see anybody else getting sued. i don't see anybody else getting asked for their money back. i don't see anybody else banned (in any consequential way). i don't see anybody else apologizing, really, in any substantial way. i don't think anybody else is being asked by anybody to, in any way, change. i think lance understands that he's going to take the heat for the entire world of cycling. i don't think he's happy about that, but i think he understands it. i don't think he's yet prepared for it. i think he knows he's not yet ready for it. i think he's taken initial steps, and i think he knows that he's going to need to undergo more fundamental change and growth before it's all over. i think he acknowledged that when he admitted that there's no new lance walking around now. it's still the old lance, making progress in fits and starts.
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My marathon PR is "under three, high twos. I had a two hour and fifty-something."