Two weeks, not two years.

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Or, you could go stand at a machine in a factory eight hours a day for
the next 35 years. Half hour for lunch incl. the time it takes to get
to the cafeteria and stand in line, and 15 minutes for personal, once
in the morning and once in the afternoon (Union-protected <g>😉 (or you
wouldn't get that).

What school were your kids going to go to, again? Incl. elementary,
secondary, *and* university? Life as a respected professional, not
checking at WalMart or twisting wrenches somewhere?

statements like the above are disingenuous, not every aspiring athlete
is a no hoper if they don't make it to the big leagues.

louis garneau could've turned pro after the olympics, but he chose to
focus on his business. hamilton earned an economics degree in '94, if
you track down his classmates i bet a lot of them are making over
$100,000 a year and that wall streeter that used to race for ONCE is
probably making way more now than he did as a racer. the difference is
he doesn't get the social benefits of being a pro athlete.

when 26 yr old sinkewitz says "i can't do anything else", educated
schmoebags in their 30s and 40s who make a tenth of what he made are
supposed to feel sorry for him ?

On Dec 13, 9:32 am, "[email hidden]" <[email hidden]>

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statements like the above are disingenuous, not every aspiring athlete
is a no hoper if they don't make it to the big leagues.

I didn't say they all were. Don't try to say they all aren't, OK?

Or, to be maybe a little more accurate, that "doping" doesn't ever
separate those who make it to the Bigs and those who don't, and make a
hundred times less money.

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louis garneau could've turned pro after the olympics, but he chose to
focus on his business. hamilton earned an economics degree in '94, if
you track down his classmates i bet a lot of them are making over
$100,000 a year and that wall streeter that used to race for ONCE is
probably making way more now than he did as a racer. the difference is
he doesn't get the social benefits of being a pro athlete.

That all comes down to "go do something else", in a climate where
those who dope, and until pretty recently have done so with impunity
(which continues in bigtime USA sports), while those who choose the
other path are rewarded.

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when 26 yr old sinkewitz says "i can't do anything else", educated
schmoebags in their 30s and 40s who make a tenth of what he made are
supposed to feel sorry for him ?

I never said anything about feeling sorry for anyone, so you can drop
that line, OK?

You know my attack is aimed at the powers-that-be, and you know why.
Try targeting them for a change, since they are just as much at fault
(to quote myself) for the current situation as the dopingest doper who
ever doped.

"Cleaning up sport" for corporate sponsorship. What a joke. Not a
funny joke, but a joke. --D-y

On Dec 13, 10:32 am, "[email hidden]" <[email hidden]>

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the 2 yr penalties are a result of the UCI agreeing to comply with
WADA. it was a stupid management decision because pro cycling never
needed the olympics to thrive.

I said it comes from the top and that "management" was just as much to
blame for the mess (sponsors leaving) as anyone else.
Then you wrote some stuff introduced by calling *me* a dumbass. "Nice
try".

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the cycling bodies historically haven't punished riders. all the
puerto riders were cleared by their feds, but CONI went after basso
and WADA will appeal vino's 1-yr suspension (even though he's
retired).

Punish, punish, punish ("show power and intimidate"😉 and clean house
for corporate sponsorship. Where have I heard that before???

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also the UCI wasn't wiretapping moose's phone or snapping pics of
sevilla in madrid.

I said anything about that stuff where, again? --D-y