Lance Comes Clean with Oprah

[ipsniffit]

He has admitted to everything and admits he never would have won 7 times without the drugs.

Anyone watch the entire interview, I'm only catching clips on CNN.

 

[Massimo]

He admitted he took drugs. Oprah is making it into a 2 day buy time, commercial $ on her show.

Lame if you ask me.

 

[Ozzie]

Confirmed he played the guilty part but still he had- has an attitude problem.

 

[sinfulvette]

He's being sued by the sponsors for some of the prize money. Life is going to get very rough for Lance, look at Ben Johnson today, he's in trouble.

 

[Shiek]

Yes and didnt he sue those who claimed he took drugs and win?

 

[HOF]

Yes and didnt he sue those who claimed he took drugs and win?

Yes.

 

[HOF]

Confirmed he played the guilty part but still he had- has an attitude problem.

Agreed.

 

[hobnew]

There are probably enough athletes who take designer drugs.

Armstrong was sneaky/smart about it.

Controversy and his innate douchiness aside, there are competitors who probably took as much ball shrinking medicine as he did.
Anyone who thinks he didn't already have a freaky endurance via genetics is kidding themselves.
Ball shrinking medicine alone doesn't give people the freak endurance this guy has/had.

 

[oldguyzer]

Problem is these guys get so used to denying everything they actually start to believe it themselves. And then act all high and mighty when they are accused, and even worse when they admit it after. Blame the media, the sport, their colleagues, their coaches, everyone but themselves. Prima donna whiners.

 

[LickingGravity]

Only the extremely naive didn't already know this years ago. Next in line for scrutiny is LiveStrong where none of the money goes to patient treatment or research. It all goes to that ever popular "advocacy" and the less creative "programs" and "goverment liason" - in other words it does a few good things and perpetuates jobs for those that work there.

 

[Madman]

Only the extremely naive didn't already know this years ago. Next in line for scrutiny is LiveStrong where none of the money goes to patient treatment or research. It all goes to that ever popular "advocacy" and the less creative "programs" and "goverment liason" - in other words it does a few good things and perpetuates jobs for those that work there.

+1 I'm in total agreement with you LG. Don't let that scare you.:wink2:

 

[cycleguy007]

Old news... Every single one of those guys at that level has a chemist on retainer.

All that aside... I KNOW what it takes to compete in a race of that magnitude, but not how to finish one.

The sport either needs a complete overhaul, or a complete acceptance of the chemical aspect.

 

[Madman]

Old news... Every single one of those guys at that level has a chemist on retainer.

All that aside... I KNOW what it takes to compete in a race of that magnitude, but not how to finish one.

The sport either needs a complete overhaul, or a complete acceptance of the chemical aspect.

I also agree 99% of professional athletes use some form of performance enhancing drugs. I say let them do whatever they want because the masking agents are probably doing more harm than the steroids themselves.

 

[Boing]

Without question they all cheated but didn't make the money he did. I believe he is going to the next big squealer and will name names.

The drama saga just begun.

 

[papasmerf]

Old news... Every single one of those guys at that level has a chemist on retainer.

All that aside... I KNOW what it takes to compete in a race of that magnitude, but not how to finish one.

The sport either needs a complete overhaul, or a complete acceptance of the chemical aspect.

public hangings for cheating with take care of the problem.

If they deny using the ban substances you strap them to an iron chair and toss them into a lake.

If after 30 minutes they float they are guilty and if they do not they were innocent.

 

[cycleguy007]

it does a few good things and perpetuates jobs for those that work there.

You've just described almost EVERY charity...:Thatwas-bad:

 

[oldguyzer]

public hangings for cheating with take care of the problem.

If they deny using the ban substances you strap them to an iron chair and toss them into a lake.

If after 30 minutes they float they are guilty and if they do not they were innocent.

C'mon...you stole the idea from Monty Python. I can respect that...:biggrin2:

 

[LickingGravity]

You've just described almost EVERY charity...:Thatwas-bad:

Wrong , really wrong. Yes there is an element of this with charities such as Heart and Stroke and Canadian Cancer Society etc but they do provide some direct benefit to patients and do fund some research. But by no means do the "Desease Societies" come even close to representing all charities.

Princess Magaret, Sick Kids etc, any university research program, any hospice, any centre for battered women, the Salvation Army, any food bank . I assume I don't need to continue but there are many many more.

With the hospitals they all have foundations whose main job it is to raise money for needed equipment which not paid for by the Government. I have been directly involved in two campaigns as a volunteer, a downtown hospital to raise money for a new radiation suite and a 905 hospital to raise money for up to date imaging equipment. I can tell you that the unpaid volunteers outnumber the paid Foundation staff by 3 or 4 to 1. In one case the goal was to raise $15 million a year with staff of 5 and vounteers of 15 or so. The staff of 5 are not paid huge salaries, less than a teacher for sure. Most of the donations are corporate or from 1%ers but probably 25% come from everyday folks, ex-patients and their families or just people in the community. Without these charities and the money that they raise the waiting times would be longer, the misdiagnosis because you are using 10 year old MRI's wouldbe higher, the botched angiograms and stints etc etc

That's why I object to places like LiveStrong . Because it makes the cynical amongst us jump to the conclusion that they are all the same and it gives them an excuse to be tight wads with all the really good causes out there

 

[Jesus]

Wrong , really wrong. Yes there is an element of this with charities such as Heart and Stroke and Canadian Cancer Society etc but they do provide some direct benefit to patients and do fund some research. But by no means do the "Desease Societies" come even close to representing all charities.

Princess Magaret, Sick Kids etc, any university research program, any hospice, any centre for battered women, the Salvation Army, any food bank . I assume I don't need to continue but there are many many more.

With the hospitals they all have foundations whose main job it is to raise money for needed equipment which not paid for by the Government. I have been directly involved in two campaigns as a volunteer, a downtown hospital to raise money for a new radiation suite and a 905 hospital to raise money for up to date imaging equipment. I can tell you that the unpaid volunteers outnumber the paid Foundation staff by 3 or 4 to 1. In one case the goal was to raise $15 million a year with staff of 5 and vounteers of 15 or so. The staff of 5 are not paid huge salaries, less than a teacher for sure. Most of the donations are corporate or from 1%ers but probably 25% come from everyday folks, ex-patients and their families or just people in the community. Without these charities and the money that they raise the waiting times would be longer, the misdiagnosis because you are using 10 year old MRI's wouldbe higher, the botched angiograms and stints etc etc

That's why I object to places like LiveStrong . Because it makes the cynical amongst us jump to the conclusion that they are all the same and it gives them an excuse to be tight wads with all the really good causes out there

Have to hand it to you.

Well said.

 

[Shiek]

News flash, it wasnt drugs, it was rugs....