I have never seen a worse TV interview than the one Bradley 'blinky' Wiggins gave to the BBC to discuss whether he'd crossed the imaginary 'ethical line' ('cheated' in old school English). They say blinking is a sign of lying and I could barely keep up with Bradley's eyes.
Where can he go from here as it seems to be a PR disaster?
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Team Sky look all washed up to me....
Why use all that money on scientist, time and effort, when they could have used the much cheaper, well proven methods of liars blinking?
Find the whole saga just very sad.
I would love to believe Wiggins is clean in the same way that I wanted to believe Lance Armstrong was clean - sadly I feel Team Sky have lost any credibility.
Would anyone on here feel confident backing Bradley as clean?
That said, it appears that a large part of the DMCS select committee's findings are based on an anonymous source. It would appear that at this time, no real evidence has been produced and they have admitted themselves that in regard to the 'package' they have no idea what was in it, yet go on to say that Team Sky's explanation is implausible and they have no evidence to back it up. Seems a touch hypocritical to me.
If the DCMS select committee have enough evidence to prove that there has been a calculated program within Team Sky to deliberately take advantage of the grey areas around the drug regulations, they should publish it all, and their anonymous source needs to man up and point the finger personally. Otherwise this is just another game of he said she said.
But innocent until proven guilty - unless and until WADA or any other body have proof rather than supposition or hearsay there is little choice other than to accept his word.
I've always been very cynical of how clean all high level competition is, especially when big money is involved, and honestly believe that almost all high level sports has a higher degree of doping than most realise or is reported on. Team Sky may not have been blood doping but I do think they were abusing the system to get an unfair advantage.
I understand if it is in the street but why does he need security? and why would he agree to attend a charity function if he didn't want attention?
Needless to say my colleague is very chipper this morning, and with the news of the tax dodging as well he sees that he has had his comeuppance.
Another example of the thin line between doing something that benefits but isn't ethically correct?
Yes Team SKY started as a whiter than white team yet if they have cheated, why did they change from that approach as they have banned the likes of Tiernan-Locke for failing drugs tests themselves - You have to wonder if they started with good intentions yet having seen how every other team acts, have realised they've a choice:
(1) Continue with the whiter than white approach, dont win anything and risk SKY pulling out
(2) Start doing what everyone else is doing, win events and so protect the SKY investment
Team Sky have definitely seen a grey area in the rules and exploited it. Would love to know what goes on in other sports including football. Think we'd all lose faith pretty quickly if we knew the full extent of doping across all sports.
Also you may get a few boxers arguing about how tough cycling is.......do me a favour.
Many signs of lying are the same as those for being stressed.