August 24, 2012

• Lance Armstrong . . . Again

  Five or six times now the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) founded in 2000 has tried to convict Lance Armstrong of taking illegal, performance enhancing drugs, and Lance has been acquitted every time.  He has taken more than 500 drug tests and passed everyone of them - before and after each race and in some cases between legs of lengthy races.  Now the USADA wants to do it again.  Why?

  I think Lance is right.  This is a "witch hunt" by an agency that is only 12 years old.  They are going after Lance Armstrong despite a lack of evidence that even the International Cycling Union (ICU) says doesn't exist.  Essentially what's happening is that the USADA thinks he "must" be doping because nobody could possibly be as good as he is without doping.  That's all there is to it.

  The USADA is looking for a high profile win to justify its continued existence. They want power, and they're willing to wreck a man's career to get and keep it.  Fortunately, they don't have the final say in this matter. 

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