Friday, October 12, 2007

Say it ain't so, Floyd, part whatever

So...Floyd Landis is appealing the guilty verdict. I really wish somebody could tell me why, I really do. Not that I don't appreciate his trying to prove himself not guilty, if indeed he is...but come on. You know they're going to find him guilty, you know it. No matter how good a case he puts on...hell, if he could provide photograpic evidence of that french lab doctoring up his samples, he'd still be found guilty; that's just the way it is. The USADA picked the arbitors the first time, WADA is going to pick them this time, and they aren't going to lose. That simple.

Just in case anyone doesn't realize this, yes, Floyd got to pick an arbitrator for the panel, but that came from a list that was approved by the USADA, so in effect, the USADA (and soon WADA) really did pick the arbitrators. Or at least, they stacked the deck.

Completely unfair, this process is. Completely unfair.

Save your money, Floyd. You don't want to end up working at McDonalds.

And now, for a little relief from that depressing news, a little Massimo: