http://www.ssportsman.com/2007/07/isnt-that-dope Words and images from the adventures of Emily and Scott Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:34:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.ssportsman.com/2007/07/isnt-that-dope/comment-page-1#comment-311 Steve Z Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:48:03 +0000 http://www.ssportsman.com/?p=582#comment-311 For whatever reason big name stars are getting cold busted lately. A seven-figure penalty times 2 years of no contract is a big financial risk. I think that now that they are hitting these guys in the wallet we are going to see changes. For whatever reason big name stars are getting cold busted lately. A seven-figure penalty times 2 years of no contract is a big financial risk. I think that now that they are hitting these guys in the wallet we are going to see changes.

]]> http://www.ssportsman.com/2007/07/isnt-that-dope/comment-page-1#comment-309 Matt Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:07:37 +0000 http://www.ssportsman.com/?p=582#comment-309 The best that we can hope for is cleanly managed teams, and that is something that appears to be an entirely new concept with the pro-peloton. The teams have betrayed their sponsors and only now do they realize that the systematic doping was something that if caught could lose their sponsorship. I believe that with the direction Slipstream and T-Mobile are going that sooner or later we will have a situation where when the riders get caught they lose their livelihood - such as what has happend to the Chicken and Ulrich. The best that we can hope for is cleanly managed teams, and that is something that appears to be an entirely new concept with the pro-peloton. The teams have betrayed their sponsors and only now do they realize that the systematic doping was something that if caught could lose their sponsorship. I believe that with the direction Slipstream and T-Mobile are going that sooner or later we will have a situation where when the riders get caught they lose their livelihood – such as what has happend to the Chicken and Ulrich.

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