And, where is Brian Cookson in all this, wasn't he big daddy boss of BC when this was going on
Keeping his head firmly down
By the way, somebody mentioned 'the clinic' in relation to my posts, which is disingenuous. Its akin to somebody remarking on it being a cold day today and then subsequently being accused of being a climate change denier.
It takes a special kind of stupid to think that there are only two possible opinions about Team Sky and those two opinions are at opposite ends of the spectrum of possibilities. It is entirely possible to think that Sky might not be breaking rules, but are, nevertheless, unethical and hypocritical.
For me personally, the case of Wiggins's TUE's for known PEDs flying in the face of their stated intention not to allow riders with TUEs to race (let alone win grand tours) is proof that their self-declared whiter than whiteness amounts to nothing. Wiggins's own statements in his autobiography (written after he'd received these injections) that he'd never received injections (other than holiday vaccinations) prove that he tells lies. And this is from a team that claims openness, transparency and moral propriety. These are facts rather than opinions and it would take a wilful disregard of facts and a hefty dose of cognitive dissonance to see this in any other way....but, of course,
some people will believe what they
want to believe, especially when it concerns an issue of national identity which might form part of one's personal identity.
Equally, it doesnt mean that every statement made against Team Sky is true, and there is a whole world of knee-jerk stupidity to be witnessed from some posters in the aforementioned cycling forum sub-board. We now know that Sky's claims of whiter than whiteness are untrue. We know that they have quite deliberately acted in a way that is in contradiction to their stated intentions. We know that Wiggins has told falsehoods. We know that Brailsford has too and we know that his excuses dont really wash. What we dont yet know is whether Sky have used banned PEDs such as EPO, Aicar or whatever, or indeed PEDs that are yet to be banned. Of course the subterfuge surrounding an attempt at killing the 'package' story, and then despite knowing that the package story was coming and having time to factfind and prepare for it Brailsford chose to publish two key statements that were then revealed to be untrue. Why did he do this?
Think about that for a moment.
The fact remains that if the head of a cycling team has been summoned to be interrogated by a Parliamentary committee concerned with cheating in sport it's a reflection of
their serious concerns as to the ethics of Team Sky, and the damage this is doing to the standing of UK sport as a whole.