Floyd Landis speaks...

[Bike Chick]

I was such a fan of his at the Tour de France and really wanted to believe him. It was a storybook finish and I so wanted it not to be true even though my gut was telling me it probably was. Even last year at the Tour of Missouri, he was one of the riders I sought out after the race and still didn't want to believe it was true. Now he's acting like a spoiled little kid and showing his rear.

Am I just ignorant? I feel so betrayed by him, Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, and on and on and on. What do we expect, though? When you dangle that much money and fame on a stick, athletes are going to be tempted to do whatever they can to grab it.

[Tri Girl]

What do we expect, though? When you dangle that much money and fame on a stick, athletes are going to be tempted to do whatever they can to grab it.

And that's exactly what's wrong with our society.
Meanwhile, teachers, police officers, nurses, etc get paid pennies and are the ones actually doing something worthwhile with their life (sorry, I don't think professional athlete's jobs are truly meaningful in a society).


Sorry- back to the original post (I'll step down from my soapbox).


Kenyonchris- I totally agree with you!! This was not about doing what's right- it's about his selfish agenda.

[Norse]

I think Landis may have some mental health issues. That does not excuse the fact that he is also a lying POS who basically stole money from innocent people - what he did was no different than a con artist, a felon.

[jobob]

I think Landis may have some mental health issues. That does not excuse the fact that he is also a lying POS who basically stole money from innocent people - what he did was no different than a con artist, a felon.

Well, I suppose one could argue that anyone who lies through their teeth and steals money from innocent, trusting people has mental health issues.

But I get your point -- he probably didn't start out as a lying POS; a combination of the environment he was in, the circumstances he was under, and his own personal emotional/psychological/physiological response to those factors led to all this.

That'll be five cents, please.

[Norse]

Well, I suppose one could argue that anyone who lies through their teeth and steals money from innocent, trusting people has mental health issues.

It's not just the incredible lying while begging for money, it's the weirdo sex phone call he had placed to Lemond, the middle of the night harrassing texts and emails, trying to hack into the lab's computer system.... I just think the guy is warped.