Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Americans can be so mean. The man has confessed, his career is over, he and his family are humiliated, many people's lives are ruined...what else do you people want? Should he wear a sack and say "mea culpas" for the rest of his life?
How about forcing him to make whole, at least financially, the people he sued for speaking out about his doping? Both for the legal fees they incurred defending themselves against the suit, and for the wages lost when LA blackballed them in their profession?
How about compensating the people who didn't win the TDF, and therefore didn't get the lucrative endorsements? (And prize money? I assume there's prize money, but don't know for sure.) They are out tons of money, because of his cheating.
How about the sponsors? They could make a case that they bought something in good faith (his good reputation) and are now finding out that the sale was fraudulent. They could claim a part of his fortune.
Who else, lawyers? Who else could ensure that, one way or another, this guy spends the rest of his life tied up in the legal system? It's almost better than prison, having to go from hearing to lawyer meetings to trials, in a never-ending loop.