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Armstrong to tell all... : Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:53 am  
...to Oprah.
Way to take the big interview. A bit like the Prime Minister of the day being grilled on This Morning, which of course would never happen. What? Eh? Oh.
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Re: Armstrong to tell all... : Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:40 am  
Speculation mounts as to what he is going to do. His options are:

1. Tell all.
2. Maintain the lie.

Considering how steadfast he has been to follow option 2 you wonder what on earth would prompt him to come out now and tell us the truth.

The only answer would be if it is in his financial interests to do so. Some reports have his personal wealth at $125 million, others say he is a ruined man blead dry by lawyers who has just remortgaged the family home in Austin for a 3rd time.
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:shock: There's more chance of Labour getting re-elected than Salfords new stadium ever getting built.

Re: Armstrong to tell all... : Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:08 pm  
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Re: Armstrong to tell all... : Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:42 pm  
Quality read there Fungus.

A lot of people are expecting him to break down and tell the truth. I honestly think we can all continue to be disappointed as he maintains the lie.
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:shock: There's more chance of Labour getting re-elected than Salfords new stadium ever getting built.

Re: Armstrong to tell all... : Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:19 pm  
Lets get this right. If he comes and says yes I doped. Doesn't that mean he's lied to the feds which would mean a prison term?

Unless he's already had some kind of assurances its not gonna happen is it!
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Re: Armstrong to tell all... : Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:33 pm  
I'm hearing rumours that he has cut a deal with the Feds whereby he 'll do jail time but this will be a seriously cushy number.
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Re: Armstrong to tell all... : Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:11 am  
Ok - the leaks have started and it would appear that he has confessed. I guarantee you that this is all to do with plea bargaining and nothing to do with the good of our sport.
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:shock: There's more chance of Labour getting re-elected than Salfords new stadium ever getting built.

Re: Armstrong to tell all... : Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:12 pm  
Apparently he's not given any cyclists names, but has given up names of those higher up the food chain who knew , encouraged and helped facilitate the doping.
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Re: Armstrong to tell all... : Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:18 pm  
If that is the case and those names include the coaches in US cycling who first introduced the young Lance Armstrong to doping regimes then that is for the good of the sport.

As much as I can't stand Lance Armstrong we have to remember that once upon a time he was a kid who loved riding his bike. He happened to be pretty good at it. It was only when US cycling got his hands on him that he was introduced to doping to gain an advantage (read 'From Lance to Landis' for more on this).

If those names include Hein Verbruggen and Uncle Pat then that is most definitely for the good of the sport. There is no doubt in my mind that the UCI have protected riders in the past. Lance was too good a story for them to kill off at the time (or so they thought).

I still don't like Lance Armstrong. The fact he has chosen to come out and admit it on 'Oprah Winfrey' rather than an in interview with someone like Paul Kimmage or David Walsh shows me he cares nothing for making our sport cleaner. He is not prepared to look into the eyes of people he has accused of making these things up about him. All Lance Armstrong is interested in is himself and resurrecting his chances of a political career.
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Re: Armstrong to tell all... : Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:52 am  
So... Pick the bones out of that then.

"If there's a truth and reconciliation commission and if they invite me...." If there is such a commission, I think they might, possibly, wish to speak to him.
Excellent point raised regarding the statute of limitations which may mitigate potential law suits.
Oprah didn't ask him about his cameo in Dodgeball either. That film has very dark tones in the aftermath of all this.
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