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Topic: Lance Armstrong won´t meet
with USADA, attorney says |
Lance Armstrong won´t meet
with USADA, attorney says
CBS News/Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By:JoniTx, 2/20/2013 2:10:01 PM
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| AUSTIN Lance Armstrong´s attorney says the cyclist won´t interview under oath with a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency official who wanted Armstrong to tell them all he knows about doping. The agency has said Armstrong´s cooperation in its cleanup effort is the only path open to Armstrong if his lifetime ban from sports is to be reduced. USADA officials had said Armstrong must speak with them if he hoped to reduce his lifetime ban from sports. Wednesday was the deadline for him to agree to interview. After more than two months of negotiations with USADA,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
kanphil, 2/20/2013 2:21:09 PM (No. 9187113)
Are they going to drag in all the other pro athletes suspected of doping to testify under similar circumstances? If not, Lance Armstrong is perfectly right to tell them to go to hell.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
killerbee, 2/20/2013 2:38:04 PM (No. 9187149)
#1: I agree. I want to see their investigation results on the other Tour de France riders. I may not approve of the way Armstrong has conducted himself with his fellow athletes, but I certainly don´t approve of the way this agency has conducted itself, either.
It will be interesting to see if the TdF gets any kind of scrutiny at all this year now that they´ve gotten the fish they were after all along.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
TexaTucky, 2/20/2013 2:46:14 PM (No. 9187172)
Thing is, the other riders haven´t been banned for life. Armstrong has. Meeting with the USADA was the only way for him to get his ban reduced.
So what if he tells them to go to hell? He´s the one who was finalging to get something out of "fessing up" (sorta) to Okra on national TV. Now he won´t get it.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Jethro bo, 2/20/2013 2:51:33 PM (No. 9187178)
This is a quasi goobernment agency. The first rule when dealing with anything involving our goobernment is to stand on the 5th to ALL questions asked. Since Lance has nothing to gain from this and plenty more to lose (is his testimony immune from discovery?), then he has no reason whatsoever to cooperate.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
bldrrepub, 2/20/2013 3:33:37 PM (No. 9187262)
Other athletes in the investigation testified under oath for the Grand Jury and/or USADA. Lance Armstrong was offered the same deal as all of the other riders.
He refused.
The reason he won´t meet with USADA under oath is because of the outstanding cases, both criminal and civil.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Not your typical New Yorker, 2/20/2013 3:36:50 PM (No. 9187274)
He´s ruined, let him be.
Going after the others would be too hard.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Old Army Vet, 2/20/2013 3:40:57 PM (No. 9187280)
Armstrong is a coward and a liar.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Avanti1, 2/20/2013 4:09:59 PM (No. 9187361)
Armstrong is a gifted athlete.
He is also a gifted liar, cheat, doper and fraud.
By competing in the Tour, he agreed to abide by their rules. If he wished to use drugs he could have/should have formed a new event or series of events where drug use was legal. To use the reputation, organization, promotional apparatus and fan base of the Tour de France for his own monetary gain was fraudulent, unethical and immoral.
Armstrong should be held accountable for his own actions.
To those who attempt to fault the USADA, I recommend you read their report and cite what parts of it with which you take exception. You also must cite credible evidence to support your argument. So far, I have seen none from USADA critics.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
tommyr, 2/20/2013 4:22:30 PM (No. 9187389)
Just to set things straight, the USADA is a non-governmental full of self-appointed people making big bucks without any official standing/recognition.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Avanti1, 2/20/2013 4:36:25 PM (No. 9187437)
#9
Just to set things straight, the USADA and its members have adequate standing to strip Armstrong of his seven fraudulent gold medals and to ban him from sports for life.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
pdmccas, 2/20/2013 5:24:14 PM (No. 9187533)
Innocent until proven guilty. He should never have done the interview. Make the trolls prove it!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Avanti1, 2/20/2013 7:28:16 PM (No. 9187705)
#11
Have you read the report issued by the USADA?
With which part of the content do you take issue? Please provide your evidence.
Armstrong read their report and decided to quit his long string of lawsuits and denial and admit his guilt instead. Does that tell you anything about the strength o0f the case built by the USADA?
Armstrong should pay back every penny of the sponsor and endorsement money he FRAUDULENTLY obtained over YEARS of lies, deception and lashing out at anyone who dared to question his use of drugs.
Read the report. It provides evidence that no one, including Armstrong, has challenged.
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