NightTrainLayne
07-08-2009, 10:33 AM
It's slow. ..it's the off-season, so why not fire up an argument outside of Football.
GMoney made a tremendous post (as usual) here:
http://www.broncosforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=687550&postcount=7
Go read it and give him a high five. I have agreed with his logic since questions about Armstrong first came out.
Along those same lines, I think that Barry Bonds should be recognized as the best of the best whether or not he used steroids (it's quite obvious he has).
However, Lance is beloved, maybe simply because we still question the validity of the claims, and Barry is reviled. . .maybe simply becuase we KNOW that he told us some bald-faced lies.
But the logic to me is incredibly similar. Barry Bonds knew he was the best. He KNEW that no-one on the face of the earth had more talent for hitting a baseball than he did. But these two yokels, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were using, and getting away with it, and making history.
Barry Bonds no doubt looked at the situation and said to himself, "I'm better than those guys! If I was doing that I would SMASH the records their setting." And it didn't take him long to succumb to that temptation. Not surprisingly, it worked. Barry proved himself as having the most talent when he was taking the same drugs as the other guys.
If it were to come out that Lance cheated too, I would feel the same way. If everyone is doing it, then the playing field is level. I hope that somehow Lance is vindicated. But proving a negative is nearly impossible, and as such many will always have doubts.
Is it just because Lance seems like such a nice guy in his interviews, vs. Barry coming off as a jerk? If Barry were more approachable and friendly, would we be more forgiving?
Is it because Lance embodies America overseas? Do we support him more because we identify with him in an us vs. the world showdown?
So often, I hear G's sentiments expressed in support of Lance and possible steroid use, but very rarely in support of Barry and his known situation.
GMoney made a tremendous post (as usual) here:
http://www.broncosforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=687550&postcount=7
Go read it and give him a high five. I have agreed with his logic since questions about Armstrong first came out.
Along those same lines, I think that Barry Bonds should be recognized as the best of the best whether or not he used steroids (it's quite obvious he has).
However, Lance is beloved, maybe simply because we still question the validity of the claims, and Barry is reviled. . .maybe simply becuase we KNOW that he told us some bald-faced lies.
But the logic to me is incredibly similar. Barry Bonds knew he was the best. He KNEW that no-one on the face of the earth had more talent for hitting a baseball than he did. But these two yokels, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were using, and getting away with it, and making history.
Barry Bonds no doubt looked at the situation and said to himself, "I'm better than those guys! If I was doing that I would SMASH the records their setting." And it didn't take him long to succumb to that temptation. Not surprisingly, it worked. Barry proved himself as having the most talent when he was taking the same drugs as the other guys.
If it were to come out that Lance cheated too, I would feel the same way. If everyone is doing it, then the playing field is level. I hope that somehow Lance is vindicated. But proving a negative is nearly impossible, and as such many will always have doubts.
Is it just because Lance seems like such a nice guy in his interviews, vs. Barry coming off as a jerk? If Barry were more approachable and friendly, would we be more forgiving?
Is it because Lance embodies America overseas? Do we support him more because we identify with him in an us vs. the world showdown?
So often, I hear G's sentiments expressed in support of Lance and possible steroid use, but very rarely in support of Barry and his known situation.