noddy69 said:As far as I can see from the statement from nike they do not deny the payment, nor that it was made to heir V, just that they did not pay 500,000 to cover up a positive drug test.Thats very different to not paying over the money at all, so I imagine there is more to come.
Lance swore he was tested 500 million times!Big Daddy said:Nike has set the stage if the 500 million payment accusation gets leveled at them to point it right back to Armstrong.
Big Daddy said:Yep. Nike knows something about that money. Their opening statement they even talk about "insurmountable evidence". Think about that. Last week the were calling it "allegations". The other big kicker is this... Nike talks about being duped by Armstrong. Duped! Tricked! Conned! Nike has set the stage if the 500 million payment accusation gets leveled at them to point it right back to Armstrong.
Ok I see we are getting ahead of ourselves...its five hundred thousand....thats thousand dollars, a five hundred million payment is a bit much for one test dont you thinkBig Daddy said:Yeah. Something is out of place here. Nike MUST know something about the 500 million. Why else would they abruptly terminate Armstrong's contract? Why would Nke just let the contrqct expire without such a drqstic change.
Nike called the evidence against Armstrong "insurmountable" and further adding insult to injury by saying that Armstrong "duped" Nike. Nike doesn't say stuff like this. Even when Nike terminate Michael Vick's contract there were no such speech like this.
If this 500 million funding and later Armstrong's "donation" helped Armstrong gain favor with the UCI to cheat the system, then the UCI has some serious explaining to do. You gotta wonder what Armstrong told Nke to get that money. Could this be the end of the UCI as we know it?
Man that is a large payment.Big Daddy said:Yep. Nike knows something about that money. Their opening statement they even talk about "insurmountable evidence". Think about that. Last week the were calling it "allegations". The other big kicker is this... Nike talks about being duped by Armstrong. Duped! Tricked! Conned! Nike has set the stage if the 500 million payment accusation gets leveled at them to point it right back to Armstrong.
So after the "500 million payment" and then the Armstong donation was it then 500million500thousand dollar total?Big Daddy said:Yeah. Something is out of place here. Nike MUST know something about the 500 million. Why else would they abruptly terminate Armstrong's contract? Why would Nke just let the contrqct expire without such a drqstic change.
Nike called the evidence against Armstrong "insurmountable" and further adding insult to injury by saying that Armstrong "duped" Nike. Nike doesn't say stuff like this. Even when Nike terminate Michael Vick's contract there were no such speech like this.
If this 500 million funding and later Armstrong's "donation" helped Armstrong gain favor with the UCI to cheat the system, then the UCI has some serious explaining to do. You gotta wonder what Armstrong told Nke to get that money. Could this be the end of the UCI as we know it?
They are still just a little unsure >Big Daddy said:Nike called the evidence against Armstrong "insurmountable"
Nike said:..seemingly insurmountable evidence
FitSsikS said:They are still just a little unsure >
They didnt deny the payment, just what it was used for. Why would they pay 500,000 at all?Altitude said:Why would Nike pay $500,000 to cover up a positive test that was easily taken care of with a TUE anyways? All to protect Lance who hadn't even won a Tour yet? Doesn't make any sense.
Dunno when they terminated the Vick contract, but might it be a case of timing? If they moved quickly enough on Vick, then it's obvious why they did it when they did it. I think for many people the time to act on the LA contract was a long time ago - today isn't that different from yesterday and won't be that different tomorrow, hence the speech laced with fake regret.Big Daddy said:Nike called the evidence against Armstrong "insurmountable" and further adding insult to injury by saying that Armstrong "duped" Nike. Nike doesn't say stuff like this. Even when Nike terminate Michael Vick's contract there were no such speech like this.
That's quite interesting, wonder what they feel he misled them on. I don't think its the doping.FoxxyBrown1111 said:The (alleged) real reason Nike fired Pharmstrong:
http://www.businessinsider.com/reason-why-nike-fired-lance-armstrong-2012-10
i don't care what he misled them with...i personally will never forgive nike his sponsorship unless they..........fluffkitten said:That's quite interesting, wonder what they feel he misled them on. I don't think its the doping.
Does that mean they paid $200,000 instead? Why not say they vehemently deny any payment to the UCI.Nike vehemently denies that it paid former UCI president Hein Verbruggen $500,000 to cover up a positive drug test
menlo_guy said:Does that mean they paid $200,000 instead? Why not say they vehemently deny any payment to the UCI.
I'm glad Nike ended it's contract with Lance, but maybe it was also a way to stop people from probing about a possible involvement in the cover up.
There wasn't a TUE before he tested positive. Then Nike told the UCI that it was under the pile of $500,000 on their desk.Altitude said:Why would Nike pay $500,000 to cover up a positive test that was easily taken care of with a TUE anyways? All to protect Lance who hadn't even won a Tour yet? Doesn't make any sense.
bs? so marion jones committed perjury but told nike the truth and they sat on it?FoxxyBrown1111 said:The (alleged) real reason Nike fired Pharmstrong:
http://www.businessinsider.com/reason-why-nike-fired-lance-armstrong-2012-10
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