Recent content by jraama

A million little reasons I think LA had millions of little reasons why he focused only on the tour. He already had plenty of fame as well, so winning the Giro or Vuelta would offer effectively no benefits.

Tax discussion If the arbitration decision is labelled a sanction opposed to a reversal of the original award, might that automatically disqualify him from applying for Section 1341 relief with the IRS? Section 1341 is structured around repayment of previously declared income, whereas a...

I have a question that the resident legal folks may be able to comment on: Apart from trying to avoid going under oath, could LA be trying to delay the SCA case to allow the government case to really get going so he has some additional pressure to force a settlement with SCA for less than...

This is what I was thinking would happen, but with the press conference being announced, opposed to a press release, I'm not so sure anymore. I still believe they will load their statement with assurances that the UCI has never done anything wrong and takes no blame, but that is not exactly...

All of the excuses she makes for not talking are BS. Martial privilege means you don’t have to talk if you don’t want to, not that you can’t talk. And it only applies to civil and criminal cases, not to writing articles in magazines. Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements could be...

I could see UCI appealing on grounds of jurisdiction with the intention of enforcing the SOL, even if they ultimately have to find LA guilty. If they succeed, they with not waive the SOL and they can save tours that earned LA his bonus, and prevent SCA from trying to get that back. I suspect...

A 200 page summary! Holy Sh-Nike

What I don’t understand is how the UCI, JV and others can herald the biopassport as changing doping in cycling and being a model for the future of clean sports given what MA just revealed. It’s great that suspicious profiles are being reviewed by experts, and those expert reviews are the basis...

If UCI wins jurisdiction from CAS then USADA's ruling is nullified, thus the SOL is in play for the UCI. I agree with you that USADA must have foreseen this and will try to cut UCI off at the knees by making damaging info public. I also think that UCI can challenge SOL without falling afoul...

I think the UCI will appeal on the jurisdiction issue. If they win that, they will sit on the evidence until Aug 2013 and then claim the SOL ran out on the TDF wins. They will then blame the USADA for not providing them the evidence sooner. If they lose the jurisdiction argument, they will go...

US on Direct TV I just checked and US is only available through Direct TV's Sports Package, which is an extra $13/month. I think I will just find the races online.

I like the way she went about her "apology". In saying: "I'm not going to apologise for what I said, but I do apologise for how I said it.", she is reiterating that she really does think he is a d*ck. I concur.

After reading the article my first thought was that this is not doping because it is being used to treat injuries, not for enhancing performance. One would expect that an athlete undergoing this procedure is already injured, and therefore is not competing. And the intended effect of the...

And he has six months banked to apply toward his next ban.

My guess is that TH didn't see LA when he went to the bathroom, assuming LA was there at the time, which I think he was. I don't generally look at every person I pass as I go to the bathroom in a restaurant. But either LA saw him go in, or was told he walked by, and made sure to watch out for...