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ÅSBJÖRN BENKT said:What do you think he will announce in his statement in 30 minutes time?
Kennf1 said:Time has been corrected to 7:00 PST. 10:00 EST.
ÅSBJÖRN BENKT said:What do you think he will announce in his statement in 30 minutes time?
thehog said:Will his mum be there?
thehog said:Late timing so the journalists don't have time to write it into a story. They'll just issue the press release.
thehog said:Late timing so the journalists don't have time to write it into a story. They'll just issue the press release.
Dr. Maserati said:Thats how I see it too.
He may try a late appeal in the Fed Courts, but that is likely to fail - and be nothing more than grandstanding.
One other point to add if he does not elect to go to arbitration is that a lot of the information could come out when Bruyneel, Marti (and probably some of the witnesses) cases are heard.
BotanyBay said:His only current route of appeal is the recent decision by Sparks. If he lets the USADA deadline come and go, he'll have nothing to appeal with them, as he refused to engage.
My guess is that he's counting on a real skrew-job from the UCI and their mafia circles. IE, even if the USADA bans him, the UCI, TDF, etc refuse to recognize the decision.
Kennf1 said:Time has been corrected to 7:00 PST. 10:00 EST.
Race Radio said:Sorry about the confusion on the times.
It is 10:00 EST 7:00 PST
He has gathers his most loyal propaganda co-conspirators and they will commence the shoveling of BS at demand
It is all Betsy's fault
Kennf1 said:Time has been corrected to 7:00 PST. 10:00 EST.
ÅSBJÖRN BENKT said:Armstrong to release statement at 7:00 EST US time.
LauraLyn said:Marti = banned. Case closed.
Bruyneel, Celeya, and (hopefully, for Armstrong) del Moral will follow Armstrong. If Armstrong does not go to arbitration, the other three (two?) won't either.
del Moral could be a worry for Armstrong. (His own fault.)
ÅSBJÖRN BENKT said:But what's he going to do? Do you know?
Weapons of @ss Destruction said:Much as I would like to see USADA have the opportunity to skewer LA in arbitration, I am keeping my eye on the larger prize and would like to see this lead toward an overhaul of the UCI - or at least its management starting with McQuaid, of course. Whether that happens via evidence that comes into the public domain through arbitration with USADA, or else if the IOC is forced to take a great interest when/if UCI breaks WADA code by refusing to acknowledge possible sanctions isn't important to me so long as the result is achieved. If they can take LA down along the way so be it, but in the grand scheme of things the war has to be won against the UCI. If Armstrong goes down, but the UCI remains intact, we've only won the battle. A very critical battle, but definitely not the war.
Epicycle said:Marti reconsidered and chose arbitration.
Merckx index said:Breaking news! Pat McQuaid is speaking at the news conference! I managed to get a hold of a copy of his text:
Friends, Texans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Lance, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Lance. The noble George
Hath told you Lance was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Lance answer'd it.
Here, under leave of George and the rest -
For George is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men -
Come I to speak in Lance’s funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But George says he was ambitious;
And George is an honourable man.
He hath brought many trophies home to Texas
Whose prizes did the general coffers fill:
Did this in Lance seem ambitious?
When that the sick have cried, Lance hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet George says he was ambitious;
And George is an honourable man.
You all did see that on the Champs
I thrice presented him the team jersey,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Yet George says he was ambitious;
And, sure, he is an honourable man.
I speak not to disprove what George spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Lance,
And I must pause till it come back to me.
Å said:Would the UCI recognize USADA's decision? Would he be the 7 times champ in the rest of the world but not in America?
Race Radio said:Sorry about the confusion on the times.
It is 10:00 EST 7:00 PST
He has gathers his most loyal propaganda co-conspirators and they will commence the shoveling of BS at demand
It is all Betsy's fault
BotanyBay said:That will be where things get interesting. I think the strategy is going to be to let the USADA cards fall where they may, call McQuaid, force Pat to turn on the thug-screws in regards to the NGB's, Grand Tours, etc. Since Pat's involved in the conspiracy, he'll follow the plan.
Sucks to be Pat right now. He's Lance's puppet for the time being. Lance owns him.
kcycle12 said:what does this mean? He isnt really going to drag Betsy into it is he?
BotanyBay said:1. Sucks to be Pat right now. 2. He's Lance's puppet for the time being. Lance owns him.