Just Another Athlete Cheating, But Different

A lot of people are making a big deal out of the 60 Minutes story on Lance Armstrong using performance enhancing drugs to win 7 Tour De France Titles. Here is my take on the whole deal. Barry Bonds most likely used substances to become a machine, and they took him to court and he basically got nothing with tons of evidence against him. How much money did that cost taxpayers for California or the city to go after him? Its not like Barry Bonds was selling illegal drugs to neighborhood kids. He did it to himself, ban him from baseball, but leave it in baseball. With Lance Armstrong, he participated in sport that is notorious for cheating. Have you ever seen the route and the course for the Tour De France? I am pretty sure you have to cheat just to complete it. Its no Ragbrai for those Iowans reading this. I really don't care if Lance cheated, and here is why. Lance Armstrong is basically a company or a brand, not just a name. He is also hope, and when I say hope, I mean hope for cancer patients. Lance has met a lot of cancer patients, and may have even given them some new energy to keep fighting when they felt like they couldn't go on. But he inspired people. Cycling and sports is something to do, cancer and life is real. So I don't care if he cheated or not, because in the end of the day, the real life, he has made a world of difference and has donated millions of his own money for a great cause. So I say who cares if Lance cheated or not, its not going to change the way I think of him as a person. Saving lives and giving people hope is way more important than cycling in France.