tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165633618995685865.post3950635357951146718..comments2024-02-29T02:52:37.206-08:00Comments on Bantam Arborial Bovines: Local DopersGliderbisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108443515638842215noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165633618995685865.post-31503067516239865372009-11-09T10:23:37.256-08:002009-11-09T10:23:37.256-08:00He's beaten me a few times and cost me a few p...He's beaten me a few times and cost me a few places here and there. But the bottom line is, we're MASTERS RACERS. We have jobs and (hopefully) lives outside of racing. What's happening here is the same battle of egos that goes on between doctors and lawyers at the University Club intramural basketball league. I'm certain this isn't the first time he's masked 'roid use and I'm also certain there are other masters racers who juice. But the question is; is beating an insurance salesman or cardiologist to the line in a local crit really that important?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165633618995685865.post-64486748169110783992009-11-08T08:27:43.183-08:002009-11-08T08:27:43.183-08:00I agree with almost everything said, except the pa...I agree with almost everything said, except the part about it being more honorable for him to have 'confessed' in light of his positive test.<br /><br />To me, it's simply the most expeditious choice. He didn't have a 7 figure contract at stake (nor the massive resources to fight the charges). <br /><br />So that leaves him with a)claiming Prudog spiked his water bottle, or b)pulling the 'accidental and/or tainted supplement' card. In this day and age, the former scenario is probably more likely...<br /><br />So let's face it; he simply took the pragmatic option. The immediate outpouring of support shows it was a pretty good decision.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930032648499452613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165633618995685865.post-31850165953082365302009-11-07T17:55:14.430-08:002009-11-07T17:55:14.430-08:00The real crime here is that I sat on this as long ...The real crime here is that I sat on this as long as I did and now Sam is getting all my internet traffic. Damnit.P-Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783568193630329886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165633618995685865.post-51543159992477375822009-11-06T11:53:57.473-08:002009-11-06T11:53:57.473-08:00I appreciate you calling it like it is - he is a c...I appreciate you calling it like it is - he is a cheat. What is even more surprising than his urine sample is the overwhelming amount of pathetic responses from the cycling community. It doesn't matter is he joined forces with Oprah to fight HIV/AIDS at African orphanages or found a cure for cancer. No characteristic or accolade can erase the fact that he cheated. Look at it for what it is people!Dustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08924775573750409424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165633618995685865.post-54260536352130054562009-11-06T10:11:27.212-08:002009-11-06T10:11:27.212-08:00Maybe he's always been dirty. Who knows? We ...Maybe he's always been dirty. Who knows? We know he was dirty for part of this year, even if DHEA has unknown benefits. It has been reported to be a masking agent. We still haven't heard the official doping report.<br /><br />Why did he never go and stay pro? His stint with NutraFig was really as an elite rider. Maybe afraid of getting tested regularly or the potential for it? He's been remarkably consistent and dominant locally and at the Masters track level. Who else has shown the same dominance? And now, the most dominant guy has turned a positive. Now all that dominance is tainted. At least I, and the rest of us who get near the podium, will not have to deal with him for 2 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165633618995685865.post-524444637473825732009-11-06T09:53:07.982-08:002009-11-06T09:53:07.982-08:00Confession? that implies him not lying...You have ...Confession? that implies him not lying...You have to be pretty naive to think he had only be doing it for 6 months and magically got caught....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165633618995685865.post-52748689975159708172009-11-06T06:23:39.661-08:002009-11-06T06:23:39.661-08:00For the most part I can't stand all those pith...For the most part I can't stand all those pithy little sports aphorisms that coaches love to plaster on locker room walls, but I can't help myself here as this seems yet another case of "sports don't develop character; they reveal it."<br /><br />The saddest commentary on sports culture (and human nature revealed therein) is that for some time now we have accepted the absolute necessity of drug testing, which seems to me to suggest that we have at some level also accepted doping itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165633618995685865.post-81147866480854986182009-11-05T18:51:54.288-08:002009-11-05T18:51:54.288-08:00Its all about intent, and you can't tell me th...Its all about intent, and you can't tell me that after Hamilton got busted again people didnt know about DHEA. BUSTED!!! now do the time...<br /><br />http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=4075873Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2165633618995685865.post-73585925402842934652009-11-05T16:19:29.309-08:002009-11-05T16:19:29.309-08:00wow, I'm shocked. what depressing news, for al...wow, I'm shocked. what depressing news, for all of us who try to make a living as clean athletes.LAVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126022161890251264noreply@blogger.com