Lance Armstrong stripped of his 7 Tour de France titles

[AdamGB]

Doesn't mean any are less guilty though. I'm torn on Armstrong, I'm not niave when it comes to drugs in sport but he's been such an inspiration to so many, I don't like the thought of him cheating.

[Fenster]

Doesn't mean any are less guilty though. I'm torn on Armstrong, I'm not niave when it comes to drugs in sport but he's been such an inspiration to so many, I don't like the thought of him cheating.

Yeah that was my point. Whether you are a complete scumbag or an inspiration - cheating is cheating.

[Majesty]

USADA just making this a witch hunt. He passed every single test that has caught everyone else that's ever cheated. This obsession with "no one can be that good" hurts the sport more than anything. If a man beats cancer and puts in hard work and achieves let it be. If they had "such an amass of evidence" where has it been for all these years he was winning? Were they holding it and saying "lets wait 10 years and then SPRING IT ON HIM!" Seriously? If the guy has been through this turmoil for that long and it's effecting his family too (we have no idea what his children are put through or his wife for that matter because of all this stress and scrutiny) at some point you just have to realize that this company is NOT gonna give up until they prove he's cheated. Despite passing every drug test and doing everything within the rules they are gonna keep going at him till they can say "HAH! HE CHEATED! SEE NO ONE IS THAT GOOD!!" It really shows the hypocrisy, they may as well test everyone else that tested clean and lost if the drug testing was SOO bad that it caught everyone but him over all those years maybe they should be taking ALL the cases to court of everyone that's ever tested clean. They won't, but they are testing him cause he won. Pretty stupid if you ask me. he's been fighting for 10 years and despite them not being able to prove anything in all that time, they come up with new stuff over and over again to bring a case up again. At some point people realize that these people are never gonna give up till they get you, and whether they do or not is irrelevant it's a fight you can either choose to keep fighting for years and years and years despite the point of relevancy and continue to put yourself and your family through this unneeded stress or you can move on with your life content with your accomplishments and leave them with nothing left to chase. I'd take the latter clean or not. I know everyone says "Id fight! id never stop fighting!" but until you've been through the years of turmoil and scrutiny he has and watched what it put your family through, you have no idea what it's like or what he's been through. So I applaud him saying "screw it" with them.

It proves their hypocrisy and witch hunt mentality more than it does his guilt.

[Scrap]

USADA just making this a witch hunt. He passed every single test that has caught everyone else that's ever cheated. This obsession with "no one can be that good" hurts the sport more than anything. If a man beats cancer and puts in hard work and achieves let it be. If they had "such an amass of evidence" where has it been for all these years he was winning? Were they holding it and saying "lets wait 10 years and then SPRING IT ON HIM!" Seriously? If the guy has been through this turmoil for that long and it's effecting his family too (we have no idea what his children are put through or his wife for that matter because of all this stress and scrutiny) at some point you just have to realize that this company is NOT gonna give up until they prove he's cheated. Despite passing every drug test and doing everything within the rules they are gonna keep going at him till they can say "HAH! HE CHEATED! SEE NO ONE IS THAT GOOD!!" It really shows the hypocrisy, they may as well test everyone else that tested clean and lost if the drug testing was SOO bad that it caught everyone but him over all those years maybe they should be taking ALL the cases to court of everyone that's ever tested clean. They won't, but they are testing him cause he won. Pretty stupid if you ask me. he's been fighting for 10 years and despite them not being able to prove anything in all that time, they come up with new stuff over and over again to bring a case up again. At some point people realize that these people are never gonna give up till they get you, and whether they do or not is irrelevant it's a fight you can either choose to keep fighting for years and years and years despite the point of relevancy and continue to put yourself and your family through this unneeded stress or you can move on with your life content with your accomplishments and leave them with nothing left to chase. I'd take the latter clean or not. I know everyone says "Id fight! id never stop fighting!" but until you've been through the years of turmoil and scrutiny he has and watched what it put your family through, you have no idea what it's like or what he's been through. So I applaud him saying "screw it" with them.

It proves their hypocrisy and witch hunt mentality more than it does his guilt.

Bottom Line, you have it Spot On

[fan johnny]

I find the whole thing a miscarriage of justice and a complete waste of money.

WTF happened to innocent until proven guilty? Or or at least even caught with his hand in the cookie jar?

If I had the power, I'd fire Tygart. He's a fuck'n media whole.

[TitoFan]

This about sums it up for me, too.


Rick Reilly: Armstrong still worth honoring - ESPN

[Beanz]

This about sums it up for me, too.


Rick Reilly: Armstrong still worth honoring - ESPN

That is a VERY Dumb article.