Originally Posted by
patentcad
strongly feel that if you have a brain in your head and you understand the long standing realities of pro cycling, then the Lance story hasn't changed despite all this. But those two attributes aren't easy to find, particularly on BF. Characterizing the doping that's being re-hased with the Lance case (and it is massive re-hasing) as 'cheating' is simplistic in the extreme, it understates the true insidious nature of the problem, and makes it sound like if we could just get some good, clean honest guys into the sport it would all simply resolve itself. As if.
I strongly think that if you have a brain in your head you will realize that there are two LA stories here. The first story is that he's a cheater. And honestly, you don't have to know anything about cycling to understand that and it's simplistic for a reason. There's nothing complicated about cheating. The second story is that he's a survivor. Doping or not, no one can ever take away the impact he's had and the money he's raised to help fight a truly dreadful disease.
I don't think anyone who knows anything about sports assumes that the on-going doping problem or the history of doping, in any sport, is going to resolve itself overnight. But honestly, it's not rocket science.