(August 24, 2012 at 4:48 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Your view is wrong. "No contest" =/= "Guilty". No contest means you don't want to fight the charges anymore; you'll let the court (or overviewing body) decide.
I didn't say it meant he was guilty. I'm saying it makes him look guilty (hence why I said "show").
Quote:His career is already over. I suspect he doesn't want to be dragged through a judicial system which he already suspects to be corrupt (now confirmed by the fact they assumed him guilty without a trial), and sit in front of people he used to call his friends as one by one they accuse him of doping. If he doesn't care what will be a small minority of people think about him, why bother? He already knows he's won fairly; he already knows the titles are his. If he wants to just slip into the background and live the rest of his life quietly without all this drama, the more power to him.
Also note that the USADA have no right to take anything away from him in the first place. They are just making noise for the media. The USADA can only make recommendations, and it is up to the actual sporting bodies to act on them or not.
Fair point and I've said it's a fair point before now.
But I still remain flabbergasted that he's using the excuses he has to not contend them.
Quote:He's been battling accusations all his cycling career, and every single time he has shown up to a drug test and been presented with a negative result. This has been going on for over a decade now; he even came out of his first retirement because of the allegations. If I were him, I'd feel like there was no way I could prove my innocence; some people clearly just won't accept the truth.
If that's the case then yeah, I can understand why he's getting tired of it. I'd never give in though, if fighting on is what I'd have to do to keep my reputation in tact, then I'd probably do that. But hey, I'm not in his situation, so I can't say really.
Quote:Not necessarily a conspiracy, but some of the witnesses seem to be suggesting that the entire Armstrong team was doping. It wouldn't surprise me if all those team members are testifying against Armstrong in return for immunity against doping charges against them.
Yeah this was what I was referring to, not what Cthulu seemed to be laughing at. Even just the fact that the people testifying are his old competitors seems fishy.
Anyways, getting tired of labouring my point. It's only my take on the situation, I don't know the facts fully to be honest. If I'm wrong I'm wrong, just voicing my opinion.
