Posted by NCWayne on October 18, 2012 at 23:02:53 from (69.40.232.132):
In Reply to: Ot: sports? posted by JayinNY on October 18, 2012 at 17:50:14:
True, much of the sports world nowdays is filled with liers, cheats, and spoiled, newly rich people, who's only thoughts are getting more money and to heck with what they have to do to get it. Unfortunately the same is true in nearly all fields nowdays.
As far as Lance Armstrong, based on what I have heard and read about the situation, it all comes down to one thing. The media, and other competetors he has beaten, simply can't believe anyone can do the things he has done, WITHOUT CHEATING. As I understand it he has never failed a drug test, or done anything to make anyone think he would be doing anything illegal, except win more than anyone else. You know that had to make the losers mad so they have the opportunity to get their vengance and get him out of their way simply by making accusations. Then there is the media that KNOWS that you can't win if you don't cheat.....ergo he must be cheating. Wether he really is or not is irrelevant since someone doing something honestly doesn't bring in near the interest that someone getting caught cheating does.....and we all know more sales equals more money..... If he's guilty, then let them actually prove it. Problem is they have yet to prove it, but making accusations is all they needed to do to ruin him and everything he stood for. Thing is I think he knew that too, and stepping away from all the good he did, to prevent it being stained by the accusations too, was the best thing he could have done. Saddly, just like someone can't win honestly anymore, neither can they step away from something for the right reasons.....ergo by doing something selfless to keep the stain of the accusations away from all the good, then he MUST be doing it as an admition of guilt because NO ONE can do something selfless anymore....they have to have a ulterior motive.......
In the end, all I can say, is YEP, it's one screwed up world we live in nowdays when the people that our kids look up to are a bunch of liars and thieves, and the honest man is vilified because he is neither..........And I'm not just talking about sports and the whole Armstrong deal either..........
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