CentralCaliBike said:Last I checked baseball is still going strong, so is track and field, football, auto racing, and a number of other sports that have had the same problems. Your average viewer does not care that much and a significant portion support their rider doing whatever he needs to win.
Those are all American dominated sports though, if one football/basketball/baseball player gets busted there are 500 others to replace him. When the old guys are gone in the next 2-3 years there will only be VDV, DZ, and Danielson that are at the age they should be, plus Tyler, off topic/non GC. Not certain if Brent Bookwalter can go anywhere, he did well at the Giro and TdF as a dom and can TT, 26 years old, 5'11" and 150lbs (according to wikipedia)