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Floyd Landis’ Purgatory

Brew up a cup of your darkest roast, or throw a mint leaf in your iced tea, and enjoy this great New York Times article about the turd-smoking purgatory in which Floyd Landis has landed.

Whether or not Landis is guilty is beside the point to me. What’s troubling is the shitty evidentiary process and the relative lack of appeals available to the defendants. Presuming Landis is innocent, he is still fucked by the Stazi, er, I mean the United States Anti Doping Agency and the aptly named Dick Pound. Once you piss in a bottle and turn it over to the authorities, your life and your future as a professional athlete is out of your control. If they determine your sample tests positive, it’s game over for you baby.

Photo by Larry Sultan for The New York Times

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