andy1234 said:
Landis didn't have guts, he just had nothing to lose.
Neither did Tyler, but for several years he didn’t confess. Even after the GJ forced him to, there was still a lengthy period before he agreed to go public. If you read Tyler’s book, you will understand that even when you have nothing to lose, it’s still very difficult to confess.
Wallace and Gromit said:
Only when he'd run out of options. If he'd had guts, he'd have ripped the lid off the can of worms when he got busted in 2006. Instead, he carried on lying and cheating for several more years.
He really couldn’t have, not at that time. Even in 2010, when the situation was more favorable, it was far from certain that Floyd’s confession was going to have any impact on LA. Let’s not forget that a year ago, the federal investigation against LA had been dropped, and most in the Clinic thought that LA would get away scot-free. It took some extraordinary persistence by USADA, and a few other former teammates who were finally willing to talk. Like Tyler and some others, who definitely were not willing to come out back in 2006.
Oldman said:
And this has a two-fer-throw in an unsavory Securities dealer to boot.
It was reported a while back that Weisel was negotiating separately with the feds. This is the one guy in the Tailwind gang, of course, who could easily pay all of the triple damages. My guess is he will offer to pay the government some relatively small fraction of the $120 million total, if in return he can receive a guarantee that he has no future liability. IOW, if the government wins a large judgment against LA, Weisel would like to ensure that LA can’t turn around and sue him to pay his share of that.
Someone familiar with the law in these matters can comment on whether this is feasible. If it is, it seems to me that the government is not the only one out-maneuvering LA. He could be left holding a very large bag. I’m not sure, but I think next to Weisel, LA has the deepest pockets in the bunch, and would have the most at risk in this situation.