Lost any or all respect for Lance Atrmstrong?

I have no more or no less respect than I did prior to this "revelation" ( I mean seriously?)

Great athlete, not a terribly nice person.

so he was the best "cheater" in a peloton of "cheaters" --- I don't see the USDA spending millions to strip the other Tour winners of their titles ... So for me it was a witch hunt, either get them all or shut the he!! up and save my tax dollars for something that actually matters.

I still have quite a bit of respect for Lance. He's devoted quite a bit of his time and efforts to LiveStrong. I find him incredibly inspirational.

As for the doping, in my opinion, I think its obvious to anyone paying attention that you cannot compete at the professional level without some sort of chemical assistance. You either use or you lose. There is literally no one left at the top of the cycling world because of the various doping incidents. Either the agencies get serious about testing every athlete regularly throughout the year, or they allow the athletes to use what they what. This half-**** approach isn't working.

I still have quite a bit of respect for Lance. He's devoted quite a bit of his time and efforts to LiveStrong. I find him incredibly inspirational.

As for the doping, in my opinion, I think its obvious to anyone paying attention that you cannot compete at the professional level without some sort of chemical assistance. You either use or you lose. There is literally no one left at the top of the cycling world because of the various doping incidents. Either the agencies get serious about testing every athlete regularly throughout the year, or they allow the athletes to use what they what. This half-**** approach isn't working.

/Thread Killer.

The man is just an amazing athlete, beat cancer, started a great foundation. So he fell into the same trap as a LOT of other athletes have when they start to get a little older. He's still a great guy in my book...and I'll continue to wear my "livestrong" bracelet.

If he hadn't spoke out against others that did the same thing, I could understand, but he is a hypocrite.

The other sad thing is that he is only apologizing and coming clean so that he can compete in Triathalons. A purely selfish motivation.

The worst thing is that Livestrong will suffer dimminishing contributions.

didn't lose respect. i think he still would have won one without cheating. i can't find a way to not respect a man who made me give a *kitten* about people riding bicycles.

The people who have lost respect for him are the people who looked up to him. I didn't so I could care less about what he did/didn't achieve with/without enhancement.
So let's talk NFL football now.:laugh:


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^agreed

Sport athletes are our modern age gladiators, we watch them for sport, praise them for when they do great and eat them alive when they do bad, but I believe this should only be done on the playing field and not what they do with themselves or to themselves personally when not "performing". So Lance and the baseball players doped...Were you not entertained? (insert horrible gladiator pun here, kinda did it on purpose lol) Is that not the whole reason you watch sporting events or do you watch them so you can point out character flaws to make yourself feel better? Doping or not the things he accomplished were still incredible. If you took performance enhancing drugs could YOU do what he did? I think really they should allow doping in all sports. It may sound heartless and dumb beyond all measures but besides the fact that kids look up to these guys, I don't see any reason we should stop them from doing what they want in order to perform better on the field and entertain, that is what they are getting paid for am I right? It's not giving me a heart attack at the age of 40 or making my balls the size of raisins so why should I get involved in a strangers business.

Someone keeps asking how did he ruin anyone's life. I want to know too. Lots of people are cheaters and liars, many the more money they have the more crap they do, but I want to know also whose life he ruined.

How about the people he beat in racing who did not cheat, and may have won if he hadn't cheated? Maybe "ruin" is strong, so maybe "Very adversely affected",, might be better.

^^^You need to check your facts. Show me one person in cycling, who means anything at all, who didn't use.

Errrr...

Bradley Wiggins, holder of several world records, current TdF winner, only cyclist to win Paris–Nice, Tour de Romandie, Critérium du Dauphiné and Tour de France in the same year etc etc.

...and a cyclist who has never doped (he probably would have achieved much of this sooner if he had).

I went to buy a pair of headphones a month or so back. I was looking to buy some decent ones. I picked up some iSport Monster headphones for less than half price. As far as i could tell, they were the same as the ones at regular price beside them on the rack except for the colour (i.e. yellow vs. blue). There were dozens of yellow, only a couple blue left.

It turns out they were Livestrong branded...and the store likely wanted them off the rack & out of the store, but they weren't selling. I guess that's what some retailers (i.e., Futureshop) think of Armstrong's and consequently his foundation.

Someone keeps asking how did he ruin anyone's life. I want to know too. Lots of people are cheaters and liars, many the more money they have the more crap they do, but I want to know also whose life he ruined.

How about the people he beat in racing who did not cheat, and may have won if he hadn't cheated? Maybe "ruin" is strong, so maybe "Very adversely affected",, might be better.

^^^You need to check your facts. Show me one person in cycling, who means anything at all, who didn't use.

Errrr...

Bradley Wiggins, holder of several world records, current TdF winner, only cyclist to win Paris–Nice, Tour de Romandie, Critérium du Dauphiné and Tour de France in the same year etc etc.

...and a cyclist who has never doped (he probably would have achieved much of this sooner if he had).

LOL! Right. I've heard that too.

How has this changed your opinion of him, if at all?

As long as he stays within his macros, I don't care how he gets his calories.

Put him on the *kitten* list with Tiger Woods. Different idiocy, same disgust.

THIS!

I'm such a sap! But I remember back in the day seeing him bike and just being awestruck at his ability. I'm not athletic and I've always admired this ability in others, be it swimming or gymnastics or tennis or running, whatever. It is amazing to see others push the human body, you know? Then to find out he was cheating all along, and he was a big bully that wrecked others' lives...I almost feel hurt by it, for my gullibility in admiring such a person.

I just feel bad, not necessarily for him, but all those who looked up to him. It would gave been nice if he was clean. Just a sad story of our time we hear too often.

Wish it weren't true.

I agree ^^^ Sad that it's true. But I'm not going to stop wearing my Live Strong stuff. Because I still believe in what that means. I'm disappointed in the fact that Lance was not clean and living a healthy strong lifestyle. But what the corporation stands for and tries to promote is something I believe in. They need to find a way to distance the brand, corporation from Lance and continue to promote health and wellness. May those that; cover up, cheat, lie...whatever, learn from this.