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Robert5091 said:Monday morning meeting at Sky HQ about the BBC program?
Calvin Betton @Calvbetton12 hours ago
Was going to watch Louis Theroux’s film about Scientology but decided to watch a documentary about a fantastical nonsense cult with a con man leader who gets angry if you ever question his organisation, instead.
B_Ugli said:It was pretty much a re-hash of everything we know to date anyhow.
I find watching and listening to SDB just winds me up now. His management speak just borders on insane now. Its like he is talking about himself and his set up as a 3rd person removed from the situation. Its just nuts and I don't get how he can continue to position himself as so far removed with his credibility and culpability so much in tatters.
goldBenotti69 said:Lovely tweet
Calvin Betton @Calvbetton12 hours ago
Was going to watch Louis Theroux’s film about Scientology but decided to watch a documentary about a fantastical nonsense cult with a con man leader who gets angry if you ever question his organisation, instead.
Tweet of the Day!The Hitch said:goldBenotti69 said:Lovely tweet
Calvin Betton @Calvbetton12 hours ago
Was going to watch Louis Theroux’s film about Scientology but decided to watch a documentary about a fantastical nonsense cult with a con man leader who gets angry if you ever question his organisation, instead.
SRM files from Wiggins' 2012 tour win going to be making an appearance soon...should be fun...
Benotti69 said:Robert5091 said:Monday morning meeting at Sky HQ about the BBC program?
Nah, they already knew what was in it ages ago. Wasn't Moore involved and he would have fed Brailsford all the info.
Disappointingly apparently they did not mention, Leinders, JTL, Edmondson, tramadol, etc
But then it was the BBC and we know how they operate. With extreme prejudice.
How about reboots? Reshoot each race with lookalikies, retconning out the dopers? Think of the money to be made...and every few years you'd have to reboot your reboot...gillan1969 said:perhaps cycling could go down the spacey road...airbrush footage of doped winners from race coverage and then enhance first clean finisher to appear to be lifting arms in air as they cross line...mmmmmm need to effect crowds cheering as well for the 60th place finsher.....
full time job at the UCI for a number of people.....
who said technology would cost jobs
“Shane just tells it as it is so that’s exactly what he said and that’s how it will have been perceived,” Jody Cundy said.
Asked if he was referring to Wiggins, Jody Cundy said: “I don’t care who it is, if they are fiddling the system they are cheating, I can’t stand cheats. It annoys the hell out of me because you’re doing something to beat somebody without having to put in the same effort.
Benotti69 said:Lone voice in BC
“Shane just tells it as it is so that’s exactly what he said and that’s how it will have been perceived,” Jody Cundy said.
Asked if he was referring to Wiggins, Jody Cundy said: “I don’t care who it is, if they are fiddling the system they are cheating, I can’t stand cheats. It annoys the hell out of me because you’re doing something to beat somebody without having to put in the same effort.
Expect Cundy to miss next games.
The storm engulfing Team Sky and British Cycling erupted again on Monday night.
It has emerged that the medical supplier who sent a batch of a banned substance to British Cycling's headquarters has refused to co-operate with UK Anti-Doping or the governing body's own investigation.
It is believed both UKAD and the General Medical Council are still looking at the testosterone patches delivery as part of ongoing investigations.
And then what. The problem is that the whole "thing" that is pro cycling isn't actually burned to the ground. The only way to do that is to reform the system so that the cyclists are protected in a way that the balance is shifted from select dopers gain millions, to grupetto doesn't lose from exposing what's going on. Something along the lines of a guaranteed pension and education fund for everyone. And I mean everyone. Once you serve your ban, you're no longer able to work in the sport at any level, but you have access to your pension and nothing else.70kmph said:Yes, burn them down
ScienceIsCool said:And then what. The problem is that the whole "thing" that is pro cycling isn't actually burned to the ground. The only way to do that is to reform the system so that the cyclists are protected in a way that the balance is shifted from select dopers gain millions, to grupetto doesn't lose from exposing what's going on. Something along the lines of a guaranteed pension and education fund for everyone. And I mean everyone. Once you serve your ban, you're no longer able to work in the sport at any level, but you have access to your pension and nothing else.70kmph said:Yes, burn them down
This would dissuade a large number of people because the risk/reward calculation has shifted. Race clean and no matter what, you've got a soft landing. Busted once and you can't come back as a DS, coach, or anything else. You'll never touch cycling again. But after your ban, you can go back to school and rebuild your life. This rewards riding clean and removes the worst of the consequences. You might not get rich, but you'll never go broke. On the other hand, if you cheat and win you might be ostracized forever, no second chances.
John Swanson
Robert5091 said:This is starting to cost me a fortune in popcorn :lol:
"I find it so amusing that journeymen come along and just turn into superstars because of 'marginal gains'.”
B_Ugli said:Robert5091 said:This is starting to cost me a fortune in popcorn :lol:
Yep - a never ending episode of the following: