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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/specials/fortunate50-2010/index.html
So here’s my open-ended question: If Landis says Disco sold bikes on Ebay to pay for its regime, were the sales motivated by the cost of PEDs and treatment in proportion to the team’s budget and the riders’ salaries, or were they motivated by the need to find revenue off the books?
And the second question is even more open-ended: If the 50th highest-paid athlete in the US makes $16 million a year, and a pro cyclist’s doping costs roughly $80,000 a year, does that paint a picture in your head?
phil mickelson makes 52 million in endorsements!? i didn’t even know what the hell he endorsed… i didn’t even know how to spell his name! but look at this – turns out there are a lot of serious people lining up to give you money if you are a fat white guy who is good at the only sport that other fat white guys can play.
wikipedia:
“Major companies which Mickelson currently endorses are KPMG, ExxonMobil (Mickelson and wife Amy started a teacher sponsorship fund with the company), Rolex, Barclays and Callaway Golf.”
he barely even bothers with golf companies. funny.
LiveStrong memo:
Can someone tell the Snob that other teams totally ebay stuff, look we found a Garmin ebay auction—they totally suck, I hate that JV and his stupid clothes.
The Broseph in Charge
http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/
snob’s got his head firmly entrenched up in mellow johnny’s arse these days. no critiques of the uniballer, when things so ripe fer the pickin’.
still funny: yes. credibility: down.
booooo! hisssss! sellout!
Wait is JV a saint on NYVelocity or something. I hardly think Bikesnob is defending the dark lord here. He’s just pointing out that bike teams sell their equipment to raise cash.
a major league asshole – and not funny, b.t.w.
another opportunist sicking the pharmstrong tit (with its hormone-packed milk). f.u. snob
bike snob: absolutely NOT a “major league asshole” and he’s writing satire for heaven’s sake. lighten up, not everybody who fails to promote your personal narrative is a jerk. some people have such a poor sense of irony, it borders on self parody.
bike snob has a gay kit, and a small penis