Blah…Blah…Shut this guy up!

Marion Jones has come “clean” about her use of the “clear” and the “cream” that is at controversy of the Balco case.  Guess what?  For years she denied using them.   No way!  Those cheaters never lie.  After all, she had 160 drug tests and never tested positive during that time (she did test positive in 2006, but well after her 160 drug tests and her B sample was negative was she was cleared).  She even had the nerve to sue Conti for libel when he called her out on it.

I hope she loses all her medals.  I hope they take every last one of them away.  I hope the athletes that finished behind her for all those medals sue her for their loss of being to accept the gold or bronze medals they earned and she stole from them.  I hope Nike sues to get back any money they paid her for endorsements back in the early part of the decade.  It doesn’t matter though as she is essentially broke.  Once a millionaire, now broke.

This still brings me back to Floyd Landis.  Although I do think it is conceivable he could have been on drugs and not known it, it seems unlikely.  Maybe I should continue to bury my head in the sand like the people at Trust but Verify (which by the way is an excellent resource on the Landis case).  They continue to think he is innocent.  Sure you could argue the lab messed up or all the other arguments about getting it right.  Do they really believe he wasn’t taking anything at this point?

Marion Jones passed 160 drug test with no positives while she was on drugs.  Then Landis actually tests positive and everyone wants to think the guy is innocent.  This is why WADA is so aggressive in its stance.  Cheaters lie.  Cheaters a lot of times get away with it.  So, when you get a cheater, they don’t get the same benefits of the US judicial system.  They get a system that is designed to punish cheats swiftly and severely when caught.  Now, I am no fan of Dick Pound, as the guy violates his own rules, but he is right in that cheaters lie.  Most of the time when somebody is caught… they lie.  He knows that.  It is time the Landis fans realize that too.

Finally, I do still want Landis to appeal.  After all, his case does point out some horrid problems with LNDD.  So, if he wins and appeals, although he will still be a cheat as he will be getting off on a technicality, at least he can do something to force a better system.