Getting Played for Fools
Getting Played for Fools by Joe Brackets:
Except, Lance Armstrong presents me with a tremendous personal dilemma. In the past, I’ve gone on record as an Armstrong supporter. After the USADA revealed its initial findings re Today I had a friend suggest to me that I should do a blog about Lance Armstrong. Since I was already thinking about Lance and his admission on Oprah that’s set to air on Thursday and Friday, that will in fact be our topic du jour.g about cycling. As the old cliche goes, “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” That’s especially true for the sport of cycling. Where the options are usually bad publicity or no publicity.
That’s what makes everything about the Lance Armstrong Saga so difficult. In more ways than one. He can no longer be viewed as a hero. But should he be seen as a villain? I have a hard time saying he is. It’s not that simple. It never will be. I think Lance Armstrong will forever end up somewhere in the middle. In that gray area between hero and villain.
Maybe this admission is indeed the beginning of a journey to redemption. Who knows what the future holds for Lance Armstrong? Instead of his entire biography, the last few years might end up just being a chapter or two. Nobody knows. The only thing that we can be sure of is that Lance Armstrong will remain a polarizing figure. And picking which side you fall on is harder than it seems.
