Lance Armstrong... greatest doper there was or ever will be

Statute of limitations says no on perjury and insurance fraud.

Prob a repost.
http://www.standupforlance.com/

Petition signed, I will keep you posted on what bullshit they send me but so far all I got was a redirect to a fundraiser page. Because obviously he needs the money, especially now Michelob have cancelled his contract for Ultra beer endorsements.

Statute of limitations says no on perjury and insurance fraud.

Is this right? If so, what does he have to lose from fessing up?

Is this right? If so, what does he have to lose from fessing up?

Everything. It would open the floodgates for the civil lawsuits to start....

Has he been disowned yet?

Is this right? If so, what does he have to lose from fessing up?

Landis started a whistleblower case sometime ago which, if successful, would mean Tailwind Sports (of which Armstrong is a shareholder, despite claiming he wasn't) would have to pay back the federal funds from the USPS sponsorship deal in full, a figure north of $50m.

It is in his interests to maintain this is a witch hunt and hope it all blows over.

What odds would you ascribe to "it'll just blow over" Andy?

I don't know enough about the potential legal challenges to come, although I imagine a number of aggrieved parties will be looking to recover monies previously paid to him, i.e. News International and SCA.

However, if he can continue to spin the line about this being a witch hunt and deploy the cancer shield (and it's noteworthy that many of his sponsors who announced the termination of their arrangements with him have said they'll continue to donate to Livestrong) then it might all blow over and he can avoid the confession and the erosion of his estimated $125m personal fortune.

The recriminations for the sport of professional cycling will continue for some time though I think, especially with McQuaid and Verbruggen still in situ at the UCI.

Is this right? If so, what does he have to lose from fessing up?

Should have been clearer, this relates to the original SCA case.

A look at the legal situation from here

Bruyneel statement.

He's setting this up so he can claim it's a witch hunt and there is no chance of a fair hearing so he's going to walk away like Armstrong, isn't he?

Oh, I do hope that this is true: https://twitter.com/inrng/statuses/258845862636167168

If I eat any more popcorn, I'm going to look like Jan in the off season.

Verbruggen this morning in Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, digging his hole even deeper: "there is absolutely no proof that Armstrong ever doped"

http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/wielersport/13089646/__Geen_bewijs_tegen_Armstrong__.html (Dutch though)

breaking: mr. Verbruggen now claims that's not what he said or more accurately, texted. Journo says "Hell yes you did..." Text messages sent by him will be published on the paper's web site

"Hein Verbruggen's text to journo, literally (translation): Only thing I can say is that there are many, many stories and allegations but not a trace of EVIDENCE" (Hein's caps)(!)

Woah. Ferrari was running tax fraud/doping package deals for athletes so they could pay no tax on image rights contracts and pay him for drugs out of the proceeds

The Gazetta article on Ferrari

Ha, what a character.

This shit cray

Ha, what a character.

Hes a little scamp isn't he?

What other sports are rife with doping?

Golf, clearly. Beta blockers and the like.
Tennis is apparently awash. Poor Timmy failed because of it and his failure to dope.
Baseball
American football
Football.
Snooker
Darts
Beach volleyball
Cricket

Any more?

Snowboarding
Tombstoning
Kitesurfing
Cowtipping

All of them. Everyone wants to get a competitive edge so I'd guess that it's prevalent in most if not all sports to some degree.

What other sports are rife with doping?

Golf, clearly. Beta blockers and the like.
Tennis is apparently awash. Poor Timmy failed because of it and his failure to dope.
Baseball
American football
Football.
Snooker
Darts
Beach volleyball
Cricket

Any more?

Athletics, Gymnastics, Weight-lifting, Swimming.
Rugby (both codes)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sports

Woah. Ferrari was running tax fraud/doping package deals for athletes so they could pay no tax on image rights contracts and pay him for drugs out of the proceeds

The Gazetta article on Ferrari

This really is the story that keeps on giving.

I guess with over a decade of pent-up scandal it will keep giving for a while yet.

This really is the story that keeps on giving.

Wow. If they're naming Astana and RadioShack, they must have some pretty good evidence.

Biathlon
Ice Skating