Armstrong Admits Doping, and Says He Will Testify

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He met with United States Anti-Doping Agency officials, including Travis Tygart, the agency’s chief executive, last month to discuss what he needed to do to mitigate his ban. Several people with knowledge of the discussions said Tygart would be willing to reduce Armstrong’s lifetime ban if Armstrong would testify against the people who helped him dope. That would possibly include Pat McQuaid, the president of the cycling union, and Hein Verbruggen, who was the cycling union’s president from 1991 to 2005, a time when doping in the sport was rampant. Verbruggen, who is close with the International Olympic Committee president, Jacques Rogge, is also the cycling union’s honorary president and an honorary member of the I.O.C.
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J. Spaceman

On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 12:24:05 AM UTC-5, wrote:
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He met with United States Anti-Doping Agency officials, including Travis Tygart, the agency’s chief executive, last month to discuss what he needed to do to mitigate his ban. Several people with knowledge of the discussions said Tygart would be willing to reduce Armstrong’s lifetime ban if Armstrong would testify against the people who helped him dope. That would possibly include Pat McQuaid, the president of the cycling union, and Hein Verbruggen, who was the cycling union’s president from 1991 to 2005, a time when doping in the sport was rampant. Verbruggen, who is close with the International Olympic Committee president, Jacques Rogge, is also the cycling union’s honorary president and an honorary member of the I.O.C.

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J. Spaceman

Now anyone who wins a bicycling race will be tasnished by this widespread doping. Did they ride clean will be the question everyone or most everyone will be wondering. Just assume that all riders are dirty and enjoy what you see.

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From the article:
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He met with United States Anti-Doping Agency officials, including Travis
Tygart, the agency’s chief executive, last month to discuss what he needed to
do to mitigate his ban. Several people with knowledge of the discussions said
Tygart would be willing to reduce Armstrong’s lifetime ban if Armstrong would
testify against the people who helped him dope. That would possibly include
Pat McQuaid, the president of the cycling union, and Hein Verbruggen, who was
the cycling union’s president from 1991 to 2005, a time when doping in the
sport was rampant. Verbruggen, who is close with the International Olympic
Committee president, Jacques Rogge, is also the cycling union’s honorary
president and an honorary member of the I.O.C.
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At this point, Lance Armstrong, to this author, is a has-been who
never really was.

If, indeed, Lance has admitted that he was actively doping to Oprah
and the world then what is Lance actually saying? IMO, Lance is
saying he's a liar, a cheater, a back-stabber, disloyal to his team
and manager and out to try to redeem himself at the expense of
everybody else who might have once considered him to be an
ethical, loyal, trustworthy and honest individual. It's so sad that
Lance has turned out to be even more of a sociopath than the
father who rejected him. Perhaps the father had more insight into
Lance than the rest of us?

Furthermore, I can say if Lance has admitted to doping then he's
telling the world that he's willing to debase himself and throw
his teammates and team director under the bus in the vain hope
that his lifetime ban might be shortened somewhat so he can
compete sometime in the future in low-lever competitions all for
the purpose of publicity, money and trying to rehabilitate his
tarnished name.

If Lance has really admitted to doping then he's got no scruples.
He's self-centered, untrustworthy, egotistical and a disgrace, not
only to the cycling world but to his Livestrong® money-harvesting
corporation. I hope everybody throws away their yellow wrist band
and stops contributing one thin dime to Live strong® because not
only do they pay their bureaucrats huge salaries and tremendous
benefits but their work week is more like a work two days affair.
One wonders if even 50 cents on the dollar actually goes to charity?

It's sad to contemplate the downfall of an athlete not only from his
performance in the trenches but from a moral and ethical standpoint
all for the sake of redeeming himself so he can be more financially
sound. (Hey everybody - go f*ck yourselves. It's all about MEEEEE!)

Lance Armstrong, if he has indeed come out and publicly admitted
to doping after years of denial, should be criminally prosecuted. I'd
like to see him spend several years in jail. Let him be Bernard
Madoff's cell mate. Two peas in a pod, IMO.

--
Sir Gregory

On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 2:01:03 PM UTC-5, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq� wrote:
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From the article:

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He met with United States Anti-Doping Agency officials, including Travis

Tygart, the agency�s chief executive, last month to discuss what he needed to

do to mitigate his ban. Several people with knowledge of the discussions said

Tygart would be willing to reduce Armstrong�s lifetime ban if Armstrong would

testify against the people who helped him dope. That would possibly include

Pat McQuaid, the president of the cycling union, and Hein Verbruggen, who was

the cycling union�s president from 1991 to 2005, a time when doping in the

sport was rampant. Verbruggen, who is close with the International Olympic

Committee president, Jacques Rogge, is also the cycling union�s honorary

president and an honorary member of the I.O.C.

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Read it at

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/sp...officials.html

or http://tinyurl.com/awlshfo







========================[reply]=======================



At this point, Lance Armstrong, to this author, is a has-been who

never really was.



If, indeed, Lance has admitted that he was actively doping to Oprah

and the world then what is Lance actually saying? IMO, Lance is

saying he's a liar, a cheater, a back-stabber, disloyal to his team

and manager and out to try to redeem himself at the expense of

everybody else who might have once considered him to be an

ethical, loyal, trustworthy and honest individual. It's so sad that

Lance has turned out to be even more of a sociopath than the

father who rejected him. Perhaps the father had more insight into

Lance than the rest of us?



Furthermore, I can say if Lance has admitted to doping then he's

telling the world that he's willing to debase himself and throw

his teammates and team director under the bus in the vain hope

that his lifetime ban might be shortened somewhat so he can

compete sometime in the future in low-lever competitions all for

the purpose of publicity, money and trying to rehabilitate his

tarnished name.



If Lance has really admitted to doping then he's got no scruples.

He's self-centered, untrustworthy, egotistical and a disgrace, not

only to the cycling world but to his Livestrong� money-harvesting

corporation. I hope everybody throws away their yellow wrist band

and stops contributing one thin dime to Live strong� because not

only do they pay their bureaucrats huge salaries and tremendous

benefits but their work week is more like a work two days affair.

One wonders if even 50 cents on the dollar actually goes to charity?



It's sad to contemplate the downfall of an athlete not only from his

performance in the trenches but from a moral and ethical standpoint

all for the sake of redeeming himself so he can be more financially

sound. (Hey everybody - go f*ck yourselves. It's all about MEEEEE!)



Lance Armstrong, if he has indeed come out and publicly admitted

to doping after years of denial, should be criminally prosecuted. I'd

like to see him spend several years in jail. Let him be Bernard

Madoff's cell mate. Two peas in a pod, IMO.



--

Sir Gregory

What I wonder about is if Lance does admit that he was doping, what about those whom he tried to destroy after they made allegations that Lance was doping? If Lance admits to doping then his actions against those who saide he was doping were purely evil and vindictive.

I honestly believed at one time that he was clean. The more I read about him and the behind the scenes goings on and imitimidation tactics the more ashamed I am that I ever believed the man.