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Compare cycling with Lance Armstrong to cycling without Lance Armstrong. While the sport has existed and will continue to do so, it was very limited and Lance Armstrong exposed the sport to generations who are might decide to compete in it rather than be completely unaware of it.
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Furthermore, I doubt Lance Armstrong did that much for cycling participation. It was always a niche sport that was popular in certain places and it pretty much remains so. Maybe in the US you can go on about it inspiring generations, but then again the high profile nature of his cheating admission has probably tarnished it many more people's eyes. |
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No idea. No one gives a shit about baseball outside of the US, Japan and a few places in Central America as far as I know. You might even be joking and I wouldn't have a clue.
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I'm not saying he is right, but he is getting hammered while much more vile shithead "celebrities" don't get this kind of reaction. Is Lance Armstrong a shitbag, yes, but at least a lot of positives came out of it. Whether by hook or by crook, good came out of this.
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Good for him. He's now waited until he's outside the statute of limitations to be charged with the perjury he commited. 'Hammered' is hardly a term considering he's having a load of articles written about this. He can't exactly claim credit for the 'good'. Livestrong is about cancer 'awareness' anyway. It's cancer ffs, it's hardly an underdog cause. He at least successed in making it into a sellable brand and making it all about him as the new messiah, with a mantra and braclets with his name on to inspire people, just like Jesus. And now he's dying for our sins and cancer
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So, a 1/3rd of the civilized world doesn't matter? Typical European asshattery.
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Name a lot of positives/the good that came out of it. |
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And no one gives a shit about it now, post-Armstrong. |
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So?
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America not being interested in a sport does not equal no one being interested in it. Mainly the opposite to be honest, since the US is culturally isolated. |
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Who gives a shit about people who worship goats?
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If Armstrong was doping before he had cancer, is there any chance that caused his cancer?
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I'm not an evil genius like ECG, but I'd imagine it'd be hard to prove since there isn't exactly a bunch of studies on the correlation of blood doping and cancer.
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Dude was taking out blood, mixing it up chemicals, and putting it back in.
That I did not know. Also, Lance really shot himself in the foot today during the 2nd part of the interview. He said he should get a second chance. Why? Because he deserves it. That just made him look like an asshole. There are better ways to plea your case, even if you do deserve another chance. |
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Came off like a massive piece of shit in the interview.
The issue isn't just that he cheated. He ruined people's lives for speaking the truth. Fuck Lance Armstrong. |
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are convicted felons who have "served their time" banned from taking part in sanctioned events like marathons and so forth?
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maybe I worship goats
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and Lance is a fraud. Also, who is Spilchuk and why is he or she a shithead?
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Only having 1 nut is pretty good reason to be a prick though. Always feel like you gotta make up for it.
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People want it to be true because it makes a good story, that's all.
As I said before Livestrong is an "awareness" charity so, aside from the fact that it's still mostly about brand and image, I was reading the obvious reasons why these things are popular. I've mentioned in the past that plenty of these charities end up with people drawing insane salaries from them, but also Lance could do 'events' to promote the Livestrong foundation and then charge them a speaker's fee for as much money as he wanted. |
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He used his celebrity to make money. The evil bastard!
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Some people were on the tele yesterday tlking about how he lied in the Oprah interview. These people want him to come clean or they're going to sue him... somehing like that. Did anyne else here about this? I caught the tail end of it.
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Yes. I believe it was "Fuck them."
They just wanted a slice of the pie and sued the fuck out him. He fought back. Now, they will get another day in court and pick off the remains like the cowardly vultures they are. |
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You don't see all MLB players who were clean trying to sue the shit out of Sosa, McGwire, Bonds, Clemens, etc. do you? No because it is fucking stupid.
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You defend Lance Armstrong selling himself, commiting fraud, lying and manipulating people for money and then criticise other people because you imagine they only want money.
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He cheated, but still made money by riding the fuck out of bicycle. They tried to make money by selling him out. Slight difference.
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I don't believe in the concept of "no honor among thieves".
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While Armstrong and his cronies lined their pockets, others suffered, all for his ego. James Steele - you quite clearly know nothing of their stories and instead choose to drink the Armstrong kool aid. Tell me - how have Betsy Andreau or Paul Kimmage, or Christophe Bassons, Pippo Simeoni etc enriched themselves by exposing Armstrong? Quote:
Yes there is - and this is why the 'Hospital incident' is so key to the whole story. The doctors asked Armstrong if he had doped before he had had cancer. He listed in the presence of the Andreaus, a rep from Oakley and I believe one other person all the drugs he had taken. Joe Papp and other dopers have spoken out about the health issues that they have suffered and that they believe were caused by their doping. |
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