1979bear;842064865 said:
Some viewers wanted a "perfect" response. There isn't one. He did the apology. That is enough. He doesn't owe viewers anything. He owes family, friends and former teammates. But you and I are entitled to nothing from him.
I completely agree with you. You know, I realize the guy is pretty much a douche. Oprah, who I was mildly impressed with for pretty much going straight at him, asked him the questions that everyone wanted to know. And he pretty much answered everything.
What gets me is this: he does what everyone wants him to do and has pressured him to do - which is come clean. So he admits nearly everything. There, done. So what's next?
What exactly do you want him to do?Does anyone think that "image" is something Lance Armstrong is worried about? One of the admissions that he made was that when he contracted cancer, he was singularly focused on beating his illness, stating very clearly that he "would have done anything to beat" his illness. This really resonated with me. And I wish Oprah would have followed this because this is the mindset that many cancer survivors have. My Dad included.
And if you look at many cancer survivors, they will tell you that their lives were changed forever. This mindset can lead to separation, divorce or a complete trajectory change in one's life. This is what happened to Lance. He brought his win at all costs attitude to cycling and it destroyed him.
I could give a damn if he was contrite or if he shed a tear. He's coming clean. He has a huge ego. He knew what he was doing was wrong and he admitted this in the interview. He is probably going to get sued at some point for either obstruction of justice (lying) or for his endorsement money.
What more do you want from him? Apologizing in America is a very very dangerous game.
