I wrote (back on Friday):
He's been willing to throw Lance under the bus, but no one else. Floyd STILL has the opportunity to spill the entire truth (kimmage-style), yet still chooses selective disclosure, and still to this day remains very tight-lipped.
Whatever you want to call this (backtracking, backpedaling, what have you), then go ahead: I did read the NY Velocity interview back when it came out. And I'll admit, at the time of this statement, I did not remember his throwing some others (Postal, etc) under the bus. Sorry, but after so many YEARS of previously listening to his scant, curt statements, I guess I had a bias still remaining on that specific aspect. We all have our "areas of specialty" in doping history here. It would seem that Maserati, TheHog and Digger have hard-ons for Floyd quotes. Great. Good on ya.
And I will go on to say more here, as it applies to my (still current) belief in his big "heavily-padded-by-mostly-truth" lie. I still simply
do not believe him on the specific point of his use of the testosterone in the 2006 TDF. And it really means everything to me.
1) He still is (and usually has been) tight-lipped. Except for when it helped further his agenda in fighting the doping case. And we have NO IDEA if he was even an active / significant participant in the Birotte/ LA GJ case
2) I still think that his primary motivation for the limited "loosening of his lips" has to more to do with either emotional or financial revenge against Lance Armstrong. Lance introduced him to the stuff and then hung him out to dry as an untouchable as he couldn't manage his insane life (Lance, in contrast, is a highly functional addict). My guess is that in Floyd's eye, that is the worst kind of disloyalty and hipocracy. Floyd, less than a week before his first "spill the beans" email, had actively sought a ride with RadioShack, and was turned down. Floyd was still in gangsta-mode a mere few days before his redemption.
3) Floyd might not have had much property to lose if he had been truthful (with Kimmage) about his Testosterone use in July of '06, but he most certainly had his freedom to lose. If he were to admit that specific use, then he would have been admitting guilt in terms of Fraud. But I think he "threw us all a bone" in terms of absolute value by stating his use of blood doping during the same event.
And I understand why so many of you
are Floyd apologists. The amount of stuff he said in a short amount of time was like hitting the lottery for most anti-doping enthusiasts. You'll take what you can get. I understand.
My biggest beef with the guy is that his decision to lie for so many years quite literally DESTROYED not only his own immediate family, but those of his mother-in-law, FATHER-in-law (yeah, I'm willing to say it), wife and daughter. We'll never see the faces of many others who were directly affected. And even after all that, I'd be willing to wrap my arms around the guy and hug him with forgiveness... except he still has this sick, flippant attitude EVEN NOW.
Does he regret it? No. Just the damage caused by the lying. Because he refuses to take true ownership for his own actions that took place in a literal SEA of others doing equally nasty things.
Floyd, you don't need to be
alone in your deceit to be immoral. Just because everyone else did it, does not mean that you are STILL not personally accountable. It all caught up with you. Your involvement destroyed many lives. And despite Lance's (or pro cycling's) pervasive complicity, you STILL must account for your part. And it is really that simple.
. You think Floyd is poor, too!
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