Comments on: Lance Armstrong and the Tour de France are nothing more than a corporate media scheme

By: Dolemite

Dolemite — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:50:54 +0000

@sportsman haha, I drink loads of Schlitz’s to keep this ass that tight.

By: jimmy

jimmy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:02:25 +0000

@sportsman – know how I know you’re gay?

By: sportsman

sportsman — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:15:14 +0000

@dolemite : Bend over. I’ll give real sports. Take it like a champ.

By: Dolemite

Dolemite — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:15:19 +0000

All this cycling talk is making me hungry for real sports.

By: Dolemite

Dolemite — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:57:56 +0000

“Pay a visit to the public library sometime” = Epic Nerd FAIL

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:19:44 +0000

Get on a bike, race with someone, then you’ll know why its a sport. Long ago, I wondered why the heck tennis was labelled as a hard sport. Not until I actually held a racquet in my hand and played with someone good did I realize that there’s more to this than I thought when I was an armchair sports analyst. I’m not a lance fanboy but your ignorance about the history of bicycle racing and the significance (both culturally and athletically) of the Tour de France sure takes the cake. Pay a visit to the public library sometime.

By: John Jones

John Jones — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:50:50 +0000

You sir, are an ass.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:05:13 +0000

Wow, that’s genius Eddie. I was going to include racing, but decided not to in order to try to keep the focus on the topic at hand, bicycling. Furthermore, driving cars deserves it’s own article. I was just making an observation about how ridiculous some of the things we consider sports are. Pretty soon we will be athletes engaging in an internet duel. Christ, competitive eating is a sport!

By: Eddie

Eddie — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:02:34 +0000

Since when did driving a car become a sport anyways? People drive cars to get from point A to point B or to not even get exercise. As far as I’m concerned, driving a toy competitively does not justify the act of car racing being labeled a ‘sport,’ but in a world where climbing, chess, ballooning etc. are considered sports, it makes sense that car racing would fall into this category.

Wow, that was pretty easy. Maybe I should make my own blog and spout dumb ass theories about what constitutes sport or not.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:14:54 +0000

@John

From what I can remember, the Tour de France, or cycling in general for that matter, didn’t receive nearly as much media attention as it does now until Lance arrived on the scene. Bicycling was not nearly as popular a decade ago compared to nowadays. I wasn’t dodging so many bright spandex suits and aerodynamic helmets 8 years ago, practically none actually. I understand the importance and prestige of the Tour de France in the cycling world, but it is not the the measuring stick used to determine the best riders, nor should it be the only Tour to receive such attention if cycling is indeed a sport. We don’t just go off the Masters or the US Open in golf when determining who the best golfer is. It’s collective. There are numerous other Tours, but they seem to get left in the dark. Do you really think the Tour de France will be so puffed up once Armstrong hangs his bike up? I’d be willing to bet the majority of casual observers wouldn’t be able to name another cyclist other than Armstrong.