Lance Armstrong not defending in court

[Seranthor]

He's a scumbag. He cheats on his wife, he would cheat in anything else.

That's one hell of a leap you made, maybe they should test you for steroids there... just sayin.

[Verain]

This is a witch hunt, pure and simple. He's absolutely innocent by all standards.

[Seranthor]

No. Outside observer who is amazed at the support this guy is getting and how blind people are to how he is playing them. This guy has an ego the size of North America and is sitting back laughing his ass off that he's still getting away with it all. The USADA has him dead to rights, and he's still managed to back them into a no win corner. If they present their evidence they'll look petty for doing so after he backed down, if they don't people will still think he's innocent because he never tested positive, if they file criminal charges then they public will just think the witch hunt is continuing and just leave the guy alone. He's a smart guy and he won even tho he lost.

Newsflash sparky, if they had 'evidence' they'd have presented it... cause right now they look like a bunch of retarded fucknuts.. as far as YOU sir, if he's guilty, prove it.. if not... get off his ass.

[Wildtree]

USADA has no such authority to strip his titles, and its completely laughable if they claim to.
No evidence, after hundreds of drug tests he never tested positive, this is/was nothing more than a witch hunt.

First, the USADA didn't strip him of his titles, if you read the news closely you notice that they never did..... The media speculated in their headlines.
Speculation is... since he's charged guilty for doping, and banned for life, the UCI will strip him of the titles.

And in regard of the hundreds of tests... Test procedures change, as the medical field gets smarter.. If hundreds of results were inconclusive (like some of his were) or clean, that didn't mean he was clean. They also didn't catch the other athletes back then who meanwhile confessed of the doping.

There was a time where blood doping wasn't possible to prove.. Now it is.. That's just one example.

[Seranthor]

That doesn't give him the freedom to treat people like crap.

I know people who are researching cures for cancer. They are not assholes.

No... but I'm an asshole... and I recognize them when I see them... YOU are one... /me waves... Lance on the other hand, may or may not be... g'day.

[Deleted]

Innocent until proven guilty,

and the fact that hist test-samples so far have been negative I say he should keep his titles.

The irony is if he were stripped, many of his titles (3) would fall to Jan Ulrich, an already convicted doper.

[Deleted]

When they developed a test that could detect EPO in 2000 his preserved urine samples from 1999 tested positive. He was cleared on the basis that the samples might have been held incorrectly. Also his lawyer was apparently some high-profile guy who had a lot of experience with other doping atheletes.

They say he wasn't willing to go to arbitration because there's so much evidence against him he wouldn't have a leg to stand on.

[Wildtree]

Newsflash sparky, if they had 'evidence' they'd have presented it... cause right now they look like a bunch of retarded fucknuts.. as far as YOU sir, if he's guilty, prove it.. if not... get off his ass.

They have witnesses against him. That's sufficient.
And for him giving up, tired of throwing his money away because of it?
I don't know if anyone here is aware that if he gets stripped off his titles, he will also lose the crap-load of prize money he won with the titles and races?

There are new procedures. if he had nothing to lose, he could have just taken another test. He refused.. I would too if I know they would find something I wanna actually hide. If I knew they won't find anything I'd so it, because then I can make them look like a bunch of idiots and embarrass them.

[koodledrum]

Far as I'm aware there's no positive tests on his record, only the word of several people, atleast one of whom it should be added is a confirmed drugs cheat, in my book that somewhat makes what they're doing somewhat of a joke, the guy is clean and far as I'm concerned he's still one of the most inspiring athletes around.

[Seranthor]

The titles might not mean much to you but having to pay back 500.000 $ orso per tour de France he won might (especialy as this money is usually distributed among the team with the actual winner not taking a share or only taking a 10% cut like the rest) and that's just for wearing the yellow jersey in Paris, any stage wins etc.. are not included.

I think if they want the prize money back he should tell them to 'bloody piss off, prove me guilty first you chickenshits'

because if they try and sue him in court they'll have to prove it... and if they could they'd have presented their *cough*evidence*cough* already... USADA is a bunch of corrupt attention whores.

[Flatspriest]

When they developed a test that could detect EPO in 2000 his preserved urine samples from 1999 tested positive. He was cleared on the basis that the samples might have been held incorrectly. Also his lawyer was apparently some high-profile guy who had a lot of experience with other doping atheletes.

They say he wasn't willing to go to arbitration because there's so much evidence against him he wouldn't have a leg to stand on.

Who is this THEY you speak of? He has been in arbitration for a majority of the past decade and the USADA has still not shown any evidence that he was guilty. They even sent it to the criminal courts and those charges were dropped when it was determined that there was not enough evidence to convict him and that some of the evidence given was tainted and false.

[Seranthor]

They have witnesses against him. That's sufficient.
And for him giving up, tired of throwing his money away because of it?
I don't know if anyone here is aware that if he gets stripped off his titles, he will also lose the crap-load of prize money he won with the titles and races?

There are new procedures. if he had nothing to lose, he could have just taken another test. He refused.. I would too if I know they would find something I wanna actually hide. If I knew they won't find anything I'd so it, because then I can make them look like a bunch of idiots and embarrass them.

Lance doesn't have to 'make' them look like a bunch of idiots... they have already done that for themselves. show me a legitimate positive test and I'll stop backing him, till then he's innocent.

[Bakis]

Innocent until proven guilty,

and the fact that hist test-samples so far have been negative I say he should keep his titles.

The irony is if he were stripped, many of his titles (3) would fall to Jan Ulrich, an already convicted doper.

They will pass on to the first non banned "athlete" I presume.
Hell they might just make a tombola, finding a non-doped pro cyclist is as likely as finding a virgin in a brothel.

[Wildtree]

I think if they want the prize money back he should tell them to 'bloody piss off, prove me guilty first you chickenshits'

because if they try and sue him in court they'll have to prove it... and if they could they'd have presented their *cough*evidence*cough* already... USADA is a bunch of corrupt attention whores.

you have one little flaw in yout thinking...
No US court has the powers to overthrow any decision based on the rules of the UCI.... If you partake in any activity of that organization you abide by their rules, and not that of any US court..

[Zatheyll]

That doesn't give him the freedom to treat people like crap.

I know people who are researching cures for cancer. They are not assholes.

Everyone treats others like crap. The average person is probably far worse then him, you just see it more from him because he is famous.

[Kalis]

I think if they want the prize money back he should tell them to 'bloody piss off, prove me guilty first you chickenshits'

because if they try and sue him in court they'll have to prove it... and if they could they'd have presented their *cough*evidence*cough* already... USADA is a bunch of corrupt attention whores.

Presumably the legal procedure they follow means that him not contesting has the effect of a guilty plea - that's a fairly common legal practice, for obvious reasons.

[Maglen]

Except that he passed multiple, (I think he claims hundreds) of screens and they find two that might be tainted?

USADA - American agency where you are guilty until proven innocent.

[ScottsdaleHokie]

The USADA, yet another consequence of liberal governance. I’m surprised that they didn’t want to give six of his seven medals to women, blacks or Latinos.

Elections don’t have consequences… electing liberals have consequences.

[Wildtree]

Innocent until proven guilty,

and the fact that hist test-samples so far have been negative I say he should keep his titles.

The irony is if he were stripped, many of his titles (3) would fall to Jan Ulrich, an already convicted doper.

Ullrich said, he doesn't care for those titles. He's proud for his 2nd places.


Plus, it is not impossible that the titles remain vacant, and no one moves up as winner. The UCI has the rights to decide it that way.

[Kalis]

The USADA, yet another consequence of liberal governance. I’m surprised that they didn’t want to give six of his seven medals to women, blacks or Latinos.

Elections don’t have consequences… electing liberals have consequences.

Complete gibberish.