Recent content by Texeng

Re: I agree with a lot of your comments but I'm not sure that the BBC is a single organism trying to pump out a single message about drugs. It does have an influence and for sure some of the commentary over the Athletics was ridiculous. If they are a propaganda machine for everyone being clean...

Re: Well it sort of goes with the territory. If someone wins in any way deemed unusual or exceptional, a thread will pop up here. Early days for Dumoulin yet in terms of thread content. The GT thread had more posts than Dumoulin and he never even won a stage in the TdF :D

Re: WTF do I mean by libel laws - simple really. Everyone on here can draw their own conclusions based on their own opinions on whether an athlete dopes or not, regardless of whether there is evidence. Some posters accuse athletes in a manner that could be deemed libelous. Not saying this is...

While I agree that the media can be biased and turn "a blind eye" to the extent of doping in sports, there are numerous reasons for this. Some examples: - libel laws vary from country to country, but if the media commented in the same way the Clinic participants did, lawyers would have a field...

Re: Hate to ruin a good clinic conspiracy but according to Cycling News Live updates the only visible blood is the stuff coming through his jersey 17:21:33 CEST Froome is fighting on behind but seems to have injured his left shoulder. There are signs of blood coming through his jersey.

Re: He crashed earlier and that may be the cause or something else entirely

Re: Re: Well I knew the Beeb had a big budget but didn't think they could pay for a whole stadium of spectators :D

Re: Re: And if it doesn't conflict with your own knowledge, is it still misinformation? Brainwashing - really? Considering how many choices people have to get their information from these days you believe the Beeb has that much clout?

Re: No need to test the bike on that one :D

Re: Re: Isn't the whole Paula super-injunction a myth? I thought it had been shown to be a footballer who had issued the injunction and not her? Was covered earlier in this thread. Linford Christie tweeted about it but it was his mistake...

Re: If there is enough evidence in your opinion for a civil level case please go ahead and sue Paula. I'd be interested to hear why you feel she has to provide evidence when, as far as I know, there are no charges for her to respond to. Or is this the court of (some of) the public opinion we...

Re: Any system is flawed and open to manipulation by those that have the knowledge or capability to do so. As far as I know, its what we have and is fairly common across countries. If you feel there is a better "system" that would protect people from being assessed as guilty before its proven...

Re: Re: If you are advocating that athletes should be assumed guilty, WillemS, then this would go against the grain of almost every legal system in the world today. While it may be the case it limits the effectiveness of the testing, that is not a reason to change the principle, surely? We are...

Re: Re: Not sure why you felt anyone is accusing you of being a schoolboy?

I disagree. In the blog, he mentions Ashenden making a compelling argument against the IAAF. I would have thought this to mean he believed the argument? On the I don't know comment - Ashenden has seen and reviewed the data in its raw form. I don't know whether Burnley has had the same level of...