True, if they have respectable accomplishments. And that's what I was getting at with talking about Danica. Take her seriously as a person, sure. Take her seriously as a race car driver? That's a very tough climb. Especially since I noted that by any reasonable competitive standard she would be washed out of her sport by now.

For that matter, I tried googling "Liz Hatch" to try and find how well she does as a "professional cyclist" (as she calls herself on her blog). The only thing I found besides the modeling photos was that she crashed back in January and that she placed 28th in a Giro stage....what message does that send when it's much easier to find her modeling photos and very hard to find anything about her actual cycling?