Big News out of Austin, TX today. Armstrong just banned from all sanctioned comp....
07-10-12, 08:16 AM
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It was also my understanding that she was the one who figured out that part of her medicine was banned and self-reported. Very different case where she made an accident, and came clean when she might have been able to just not say anything and get lucky on the test.
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07-10-12, 09:24 AM
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You do realize that "due process" as a constitutional RIGHT applies only to legal processes, right? Right.
Also, USADA is not a "government agency" - though it is supported by Congress and appointed to oversee anti-doping in Olympic competition. Not sure how it's "unconstitutional" - no wait, that's just more rhetoric you learned from Lance's attorneys of the kind that got his lawsuit dismissed yesterday.
And by "release them" you apparently meant release them to Lance's attorneys. They should indeed do this, in the interests of fairness. That they haven't yet done so doesn't mean they won't.
I think I might have a little more sympathy for all the shrill cries for "due process" if Lance's defense all along hadn't consisted primarily of disdain, threats, and character assassination. What goes around ...
Also, USADA is not a "government agency" - though it is supported by Congress and appointed to oversee anti-doping in Olympic competition. Not sure how it's "unconstitutional" - no wait, that's just more rhetoric you learned from Lance's attorneys of the kind that got his lawsuit dismissed yesterday.
And by "release them" you apparently meant release them to Lance's attorneys. They should indeed do this, in the interests of fairness. That they haven't yet done so doesn't mean they won't.
I think I might have a little more sympathy for all the shrill cries for "due process" if Lance's defense all along hadn't consisted primarily of disdain, threats, and character assassination. What goes around ...
07-10-12, 12:51 PM
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Lance's case against the USADA was not dismissed for lack of legal merit, it was dismissed due to the 80 pages mostly devoted to the vendetta aspect, and lance's history. If it had been dismissed for lack of legal merit, a refiling typically would not be allowed. The judge has allowed a refiling in this case. For or against Lance, get your facts straight......
07-10-12, 01:04 PM
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Unless your name is Lance Pharmstrong, the guy who thinks hes above any laws.
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I liked watching Lance win back in the day. It was some great TDF. Most of the guys he was competing against were doping by their own admission. I am unsure if he doped or not, I hope he didnt, so I can say I witnessed a freak of nature beat cancer, and kick every ones ass in the tour. But now that I sit back years later and watch all these idiots go after him years later I could care less. If they take his wins away, so what. I watched the races and they were cool. Now Im watching a whole new era of kids competing and its just as fun to watch. So I say whatever!! Lets see the next wave of kids kick some ass and give us some good racing to watch.
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