Friday, May 18, 2007

Shame

Let's forget for a moment the broader discussion of doping in sports, or the mulitbajillion dollar contracts in baseball or football that might infect one's personal ethics so that doping becomes a potential for any athlete.

And nevermind if it's worth the risk in pro cycling (it isn't), considering how relatively little a pro cyclist gets paid (in scheme of pro sports in general).

Nevermind how corrupt the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) and USADA almost certainly are.

And nevermind if Floyd did it or not. Or that Greg LeMond seems so often like such a puke of a guy.

How in the hell, how in the hell, can anything so grand-scheme-unimportant as racing bicycles come to this?

I'm embarrassed by the lot of them. Shame on the game.

2 comments:

Robin said...

I"m shaking my head right there with you. I've never understood cheating. What does it mean to a person to win then? Any as you said, why is it so important to be the fastest person to push pedals around on a 2-wheeled contraption?

Unknown said...

Sorry off the subject....
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