Maybe. His whole disgrace is still too fresh for most people, after over a decade of lying. He needs to lay low for a while. I realize in Austin he is a mythical figure but to many of us on the outside he just needs to get out of the public eye for now.
Look at this from another angle - WADA/USADA sucks if they couldn't prove for decade that LA was cheating or they just didn't want to, so they should have punished themselves first. The whole thing sounds like a corruption issue and now they give life time ban to LA and come dry from water themselves. IMO they should have given same punishment to LA as to any other athlete caught on using drugs and there should be investigation why couldn't they prove that fact for decade.
It's ridiculous to ban someone from participating in competitions which have nothing common with professional sport and which main purpose is health and fitness. Doing that exclusively to LA because he's a public figure is nothing less than hypocrisy.
We should reevaluate Masters movement original purposes:
Masters swimming officially began May 2, 1970, after Captain Ransom J. Arthur, M.D., a Navy doctor in San Diego, convinced John Spannuth, then president of the Coaches Association, to hold the first National Masters Swimming Championships in the Amarillo Aquatic Club pool. Arthur felt that if the incentive was appealing, it would give older swimmers (ex-competitors and beginners alike) a goal for keeping physically fit. Dr. Arthur's vision of adults improving their fitness through swimming has grown over the years into a nationwide organization of nearly 60,000 adult swimmers.
Maybe. His whole disgrace is still too fresh for most people, after over a decade of lying. He needs to lay low for a while. I realize in Austin he is a mythical figure but to many of us on the outside he just needs to get out of the public eye for now.
Look at this from another angle - WADA/USADA sucks if they couldn't prove for decade that LA was cheating or they just didn't want to, so they should have punished themselves first. The whole thing sounds like a corruption issue and now they give life time ban to LA and come dry from water themselves. IMO they should have given same punishment to LA as to any other athlete caught on using drugs and there should be investigation why couldn't they prove that fact for decade.
It's ridiculous to ban someone from participating in competitions which have nothing common with professional sport and which main purpose is health and fitness. Doing that exclusively to LA because he's a public figure is nothing less than hypocrisy.
We should reevaluate Masters movement original purposes:
Masters swimming officially began May 2, 1970, after Captain Ransom J. Arthur, M.D., a Navy doctor in San Diego, convinced John Spannuth, then president of the Coaches Association, to hold the first National Masters Swimming Championships in the Amarillo Aquatic Club pool. Arthur felt that if the incentive was appealing, it would give older swimmers (ex-competitors and beginners alike) a goal for keeping physically fit. Dr. Arthur's vision of adults improving their fitness through swimming has grown over the years into a nationwide organization of nearly 60,000 adult swimmers.
