i used to love watching euro-pro bike racing. I mean I really, really did.
And, I even enjoyed it a little this weekend, mostly cus of the company, though.
But man, until i think the sport (again, at the protour level) is clean again....and i think it is still far from it...I just can't see how it is worth our attention.
Not when we have so many local heroic types--people we know and trust--to follow and cheer for...at a level that I sincerely hope is far less corrupt...
yeah, i know, Dave Fuentes, too. But it wasn't a surprise to me when Dave got busted. I didn't know the other guys--I wonder if people who knew them were surprised...
Anyway, I just hope that our national scene is less corrupt than the euro scene, and the reason I have hope that it is, is that there is less money involved.
I think that the level, or amount, of corruption increases as the money involved increases.
Sometimes I really wish that all racing was just for t-shirts...
I think el Cid is right. It is not always about glory. People race for different reasons, and cheating usually is more about money than glory.
I ran SF marathon one year (90's) where they finally caught a MASTERS woman cheating the circuit for $5,000, she'd cut the course get a ride and collect the masters purse, she had been doing it all year, she didn't do it for glory, she'd leave right after and get her prizes mailed to her, it was easy income because after a few results race directors actually paid her costs to race, for fans she was just a name in a long list of results. No one was paying close attention to the masters so she got away with it for awhile. I also know of athletes that cheated for glory where there was no prize, it was unbelievable. These were americans and amateur athletes in a sport with little glory.
People concoct elaborate plans to scan millions of $$. I don't think any sport at the top level will ever be clean and it won't stop me from finding heroes with in that arena. Why waste time speculating? I say enjoy what there is... Today Levi stepped up, Contador was the conquistador, Cadel refused to get shelled and unless we discover otherwise we can respect their fight.
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pab gets points!
big fat bummer...but are any of us really that surprised? I'll take off my rose colored glasses...
is it really worth it for glory...?
I always think that if it's fishy and too good to be true...it's fishy...
that is a bummer...really sad news but I am not surprised
damn. Now let's hear his excuses, vodka ?
i used to love watching euro-pro bike racing. I mean I really, really did.
And, I even enjoyed it a little this weekend, mostly cus of the company, though.
But man, until i think the sport (again, at the protour level) is clean again....and i think it is still far from it...I just can't see how it is worth our attention.
Not when we have so many local heroic types--people we know and trust--to follow and cheer for...at a level that I sincerely hope is far less corrupt...
Sport and all sport will never be clean. Remember Adam Berman and Adam Sbeih?
yeah, i know, Dave Fuentes, too. But it wasn't a surprise to me when Dave got busted. I didn't know the other guys--I wonder if people who knew them were surprised...
Anyway, I just hope that our national scene is less corrupt than the euro scene, and the reason I have hope that it is, is that there is less money involved.
I think that the level, or amount, of corruption increases as the money involved increases.
Sometimes I really wish that all racing was just for t-shirts...
what? you mean you wouldn't dope for a neon lavender and yellow mispelled snelling tee shirt in three sizes too big???
I think el Cid is right. It is not always about glory. People race for different reasons, and cheating usually is more about money than glory.
I ran SF marathon one year (90's) where they finally caught a MASTERS woman cheating the circuit for $5,000, she'd cut the course get a ride and collect the masters purse, she had been doing it all year, she didn't do it for glory, she'd leave right after and get her prizes mailed to her, it was easy income because after a few results race directors actually paid her costs to race, for fans she was just a name in a long list of results. No one was paying close attention to the masters so she got away with it for awhile. I also know of athletes that cheated for glory where there was no prize, it was unbelievable. These were americans and amateur athletes in a sport with little glory.
People concoct elaborate plans to scan millions of $$. I don't think any sport at the top level will ever be clean and it won't stop me from finding heroes with in that arena.
Why waste time speculating? I say enjoy what there is... Today Levi stepped up, Contador was the conquistador, Cadel refused to get shelled and unless we discover otherwise we can respect their fight.
... I've had too much coffee.
With that face...what do you expect? The tongue out of the mouth is the only good one!
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