BroDeal said:
Unless you are prepared to present evidence that nearly everyone who placed in the top ten was wrongly convicted of doping then this statement is so divorced from reality that it appears idiotic.
We now know that USADA was not even going to suspend most of the witnesses. That was only changed to six months of off-season suspension when some found out they were not getting the same deal. The difference in treatment looks ridiculous, especially when Tygart keeps claiming he would have treated everyone the same. "Talk to me and get no ban. Don't talk and get life." There is no proportionality there.
Give up on the most sophisticated doping program public relations con. There has been nothing to show that Postal's program was much different than T-Mobile's or Kelme's or Liberty Seguros' or Rabobank's or ONCE's or TVM's or Festina's or... In fact, Postal confining the high octane stuff to a handful of riders who were doing the Tour looks rather conservative. Tygart cannot even keep track of which doper was the most sophisticated. Just last month he was telling everyone that A-Rod, with his piddling HGH plus IGF-1, was on the most potent doping regime ever. He apparently forgot that his own agency, just a few years before, busted a lab making its own undetectable steroids.
1. You have a really skewed view of idiotic. We know LA cheated, therefore he is gone from the record books as though he did not compete. Now it is up to the ASO/TDF to determine if the others 2 through 10 cheated as well. If not they remain in the books. That is not idiotic it is logical.
2. I agree there is lack of proportionality in the sentence of Arnstrong and the others such as Hincapie et al. But on the other hand there is a basketfull of aggravating circumstances in LA's case that justifies the life time ban. I don't need to repeat these aggravating circumstances here because they are widely known and contained in the Reasoned Decision.
I agree the others should have received suspensions of at least 2 years.
3. The public relations con of USPS was greater than that of the other teams because the con was better organized, it targeted the TDF, the USPS was winning and more importantly because of Livestrong.
a. Armstrong raised money off of his "wins" for cancer (Livestrong.org) on the basis of fraud. He gave cancer victims false hope. His message of false hope was reprehensible.
b. He also raised money for himself through Livestrong.com his personal business. For example he would charge appearance fees to all manner of organizations for speaking engagements or charge back expenses and fees to Livestrong.org.
This egregious behaviour makes the other teams doping programs pale in comparison.
Your crticism of Tygart is not warranted. USADA had nothing to do with A-Rod. That was stricltly Major League Baseball and A-Rod's case is irrelevant to the cons of cycling teams!
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