If they want to be aggressive they will pay past podium winners to give testimonials. Ulrich- “It das not madder wat USADA says, Lance is the winner”, etc. (No offense to the German members, just trying to cop a german accent).
I can see many ways that LA is able to repair his image. I have not mentioned his cancer stuff but that would be another way.
I don’t consider the people who decry LA and demand some sort of inhuman contrition (i.e. cutting off his last ball, blinding himself) to be necessarily unjustified but they are definitely unrealistic in their anger. And anger against doping is very misplaced.
Barry Bonds, Maguire, et al have done more harm to our youth than any fringe sport guy will ever do. Again, Doping is BAD. Don’t do it.
But I can only imagine what NFL players say about this elitist BS that is going on with LA. “Stupid muther…oops” You guys need to turn your anger towards the people/sports that actually influence our youth/culture (unless you live in Europe). Call you congressman/Senator and demand uniform drug testing in the NFL/NBA/MLB and see how far you get.
Now the ranting part.-Get the F over it!
Doping is bad. Those that get caught need their “time out” but come on… A scarlet letter.
We live in a microcosm of a microcosm (triathlon/cycling). Cycling is an ant piss in the sporting world. Did LA have a moral obligation to not dope? Absolutely. Should he bear all the sins of his cycling fathers? No.
We are in a village of 1000 people (so to speak) running around with a head on a stick decrying “we will not tolerate this”. Next to a city of 100 million (NFL/MLB/MLS/NBA and whatever Euro equivalents there are) going WTF?
Perspective is what matters. Our little LA case is only BIG because of his fame/cancer work.
Lance will bleed millions. Legal, PR, etc., but despite all the forum discussions, I think that LA has left our 1000 person village and moved on to the 100 million person city and will be accepted by the citizens of that 100 million person city while we in the 1000 person village continue to burn his effigy.
Oprah is his introduction to that 100 million person village. Get some popcorn ready! This is going to be good.