Should we forgive Lance Armstrong?

[Shawn]

Every now and then I see something from Lance...

He's either doing triathlons or some sort of podcast. It seems like he is trying to get back into the cycling community. It seems like he is wanting another chance to have some kind of normalcy in cycling.

Is everyone too hard on Lance Armstrong? Should we embrace him back into the community?

I mean he did dope. He was sort of a bully, too. He lied... But he didn't murder anyone or harm kids, yet we sort of treat him like we do that sort of criminal.

Does the guy deserve a break? What do you think?

 

[Heatman]

If he came out to apologise and feel truely remorseful about what he did, I would have said he deserves our forgiveness but that's not how it went down.

He confessed in 2013 to Oprah only because of the undeniable evidence stacked against him and not out of remorse. He doesn't take full responsibility and accountability for his actions but always making himself look as a victim of a corrupt system. He's a horrible human being as far as I'm concerned.

 

[uptrendfinancialsignal]

I was never a big Lance fan, but honestly he messed up no doubt, but the sport had plenty of scandals before and after him to be honest. For me, I don’t see him as one of the role model in cycling anymore.

 

[Heatman]

I was never a big Lance fan, but honestly he messed up no doubt, but the sport had plenty of scandals before and after him to be honest. For me, I don’t see him as one of the role model in cycling anymore.

I think the very worst would be the systemic, government-backed cheating programs where state-sponsored doping force athletes to take steroids. Kornelia Ender is a very good example of an athlete who fell victim to such schemes.