GoneWithTailWind said:
I'm with Benotti69 on this. We don't need Floyd to tell us or the conference how bad he feels for doping - it's the information he is capable of divulging that is of value. Besides, Jonathan Vaughters said of Floyd something along the lines of "I thinks he's the least hypocritical person in cycling".
Why would anyone care what Jonathan Vaughters has to say? He's another tool protecting the code of "omerta". I have even less respect for him because of all the thinly veiled statements he's made over the years without clarifying them. Oh, I forgot-if he had he wouldn't be draped in argyle right now.

Besides, it was Floyd who said he wants to attend this conference to help others. Helping wouldn't be giving a detailed look into how it's done. Helping would be trying to get across that maybe one should show a shred of integrity throughout this process, or that maybe a rider doesn't have to hit rock bottom before he finds religion. Or that maybe you don't have to compromise yourself once you've hit bottom because you can't see yourself with a life outside of cycling, like Joe Papp.
GoneWithTailWind said:
If he doesn't feel bad I don't see how that invalidates what he has to say. I'd even give him credit for saying it like it is rather than trying to reel us in with what he thinks people would like to hear.
Problem with this is, Landis can elicit absolutely no change. He had no choice other than "don't take dope, don't ride on the Tour team". It is the power brokers who must be taken to task for forcing riders to make this Faustian choice.
And as long as Fat Pat McQuaid and men like him sit on the UCI throne, as long as Dr. Ferarri is still out there working his magic and cats like Bruyneel and now very soon Saiz remain as team directors, we will be revisiting some sort of anti-doping crossroads in another 5-10 years, asking the same questions and receiving the same responses.