Boonen tests positive for cocaine - AGAIN

[papaver]

My favorite part of this is Lance's response:

“It’s not a good situation. I feel for him. I know Tom because he was on this team. This is more of a social issue than a sporting issue. We have to address from a social standpoint. It’s a blow for him, a blow for Quick Step, a blow for their sponsors and Belgian cycling. I think that socially we have to address something there, or Tom has to look inside and say, ‘hey, I have an issue and how do I deal with it.’ Tom Boonen isn’t the only guy in the world who has that temptation. I wish him my best and I hope he rights the ship.”

The only thing he missed was saying Boonen needed to look "in the mirror" instead of "inside." Is he that oblivious to his word choice there?

Here in Belgium we changed his name in Dom Boonen. Dom means stupid.

It's common knowledge here that he likes to party (a lot).

[alpinerabbit]

I believe that many professional athletes have underlying psychological issues and that their achievements are part of the coping strategy (how many of us use sports to cope with depression, stress, feelings of inadequacy? hell, I do).

So a lot of them probably are susceptible to the temptations of drugs.

In addition, they get to go to parties where the stuff is around, and they easily meet the kind of people who use it (well doh, it's everywhere where people "work and play hard").

Yes, he's an idiot and if he does not find a way, he'll fall.