tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post91758871694630383..comments2023-10-06T03:21:26.130-07:00Comments on trust but verify: Saturday RoundupDBrowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718913310467614671noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-37389741132772741282006-12-16T16:03:00.000-08:002006-12-16T16:03:00.000-08:00I agree with you Mike. In fact, to be honest, I t...I agree with you Mike. In fact, to be honest, I think the sponsors are going to be the ones who end up fixing the doping problems. After all, cycling is a job and if your paycheck stops arriving eventually someone will figure out why.<br /><br />The system, as it is, is no better than trying to catch spaghetti with a tennis racket. You're going to catch a few, but you're going to make a huge mess in the process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-73926103365540889722006-12-16T15:49:00.000-08:002006-12-16T15:49:00.000-08:00Gary, you are absolutely correct. This is why the...Gary, you are absolutely correct. This is why the FL case is so frustrating for many. Professional cycling has turned into a giant circus. Major reforms have to happen before professional cycling is taken seriously again. If it doesn't change soon, there won't be anything left. If you were a potential sponsor, would you get involved? My only hope that is that somehow Floyd's case will shed enough international attention to necessitate change. Until then, it is not worth watching anymore. It has turned into a joke. The best most talented riders are being systematically eliminated. Who really wants to watch a tour without the worlds best riders? Not I. Perhaps enough change will happen to actually see Landis, Basso, and Ullrich go for the prize. Anything less is a travesty. <br />Mike<br />Green Mtn.<br />Ephrata, PA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-41281216888875886032006-12-16T15:41:00.000-08:002006-12-16T15:41:00.000-08:00Career over? No team will sign him? He already has...Career over? No team will sign him? He already has a deal with former TIAA-Cref. As soon as he is cleared Wauters will take him on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-87214301800136068962006-12-16T15:02:00.000-08:002006-12-16T15:02:00.000-08:00I have to say I agree with him somewhat on Lefever...I have to say I agree with him somewhat on Lefevere. Great DS, but how can the man on one hand go out blasting dopers and coming down on teams for signing someone like Basso when his team employs Museeuw (in a PR capacity), who is technically banned from working in cycling at all? Why does a doping charge not actually apply to his pet cyclist?<br /><br />This is what bugs me about the cycling anti-doping platform. Are dopers bad or not? Why is Museeuw employed and still revered if cycling is tough on doping (besides his record in the classics, of course)? How is Virenque a national hero if France is so adamant about anti-doping? Because he cried? How can we give passes to some people, and destroy others?<br /><br />Where does cycling actually stand anyway? Seems to me they talk out of both sides of their mouth, depending on how it benefits them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-11257694952871190272006-12-16T14:09:00.000-08:002006-12-16T14:09:00.000-08:00ORG here ....
An long article about Gatlin from t...ORG here ....<br /><br />An long article about Gatlin from today's Washington Post.<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/15/AR2006121501778.html<br /><br />It’s a long Amy Shipley story in today’s Washington Post about Gatlin’s drug case. <br />Says he believes he might have been sabotaged and USADA has allowed the unusual stop of allowing Federal Investigation to look into it before the arbitration hearing.<br /><br /><br />Question for you, how does strict liability work in the case of sabotage?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com