Originally Posted by
800over
Oh and where's all the hatred for Carl Lewis from all the cycling haters...
What about Carl Lewis? Was he juicing when he tried to sing the National Anthem? That wouldn't explain the inability to hit the high notes.
I think the only real reason there is a huge backlash with cycling and PEDs is because it is solely supported by sponsorship dollars. Nobody buys tickets to a race, we all know that. With sponsors footing the bills for everything, they will never want to be associated with a 'dirty' team or racer. The companies sponsoring the NFL, NBA, MLB, even the NHL, are putting their names on the stadiums, or in commercials, etc. If they were slathered all over the jerseys, well I think things would be very different because the players that are caught would immediately be associated with an advertiser. 'ARod, of the General Electric Yankees', that would never fly.