ckfrancis said:
I would ask all of you enjoyed bashing armstrong, what would you do if you had the athletic skills, financial, professional, and social opportunities he has?
1. I would actively work to stop doping in cycling, and speak out against doping, and push hard to break the omerta and implement tests such as the CO test for analogous blood doping. If anyone in the world could make this come to pass, it would be Lance.
2. I'd stop all affiliation with Nike, and speak out directly against their labor, social and environmental connections. Having personally dealt with Nike as a contractor, they are the bottom of the bottom and I'd have nothing to do with them, period.
3. I would be much less of a bully to those that don't agree with me. The Simeoni situation comes to mind (for the first suggestion as well).
4. I'd do more to promote cycling in the United States. He's not doing a bad job of this now, and if he can bring the Coors' Classic back, I'd say chapeau to him. But mostly he just talks about things like this, and shows up at races where he can clean up on lesser level riders. This does bring in racers, but it would do just as much if he could show up as an honorary promoter, ride a few laps with the guys, and spend the rest of the time talking to the media, fans and riders, getting his picture taken with fans, LBS people, local businesses. That would do wonders. His name alone could also break down huge barriers for more local racing on a grass roots level. Things like getting roads closed or insurance expedited.
5. Form an elite group of ex-racers (preferably ex-teammates) to travel the country in my name and help promote cycling. I would appear with these guys at every photo op, and tell the world they are my team. This way, when these guys show up to local events, or make phone calls helping the sport as described in item #4 above, local people will respond.
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