Landis fin
June 30th, 2008 |
The International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) comes down hard. VeloNews:
Characterizing his defenses as “unfounded,” the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday issued a strongly worded dismissal of Floyd Landis’s appeal of his suspension for doping at the 2006 Tour de France.
In a 3-0 decision released on Monday, CAS confirmed the initial decision issued by a panel of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) on 20 September 2007.
The panel rejected virtually all of the defenses Landis and his legal team raised in both the public hearing at Pepperdine in May, 2007, and in the appeals hearing in New York, in March. Indeed, from the tone of the decision, it appears that at least some members of the panel were offended by some of the legal strategies employed during the appeals process.
Well, so much for that. It’s clear that Landis went for broke in his defense but the result only proves that when you pursue a scorched earth policy sometimes you can get burned too.
If you think the verdict unfair then go ahead and donate all your coin to the Floyd Fairness Fund. Hummm…maybe today’s press will get someone off their ass to renew the domain.
Look for Landis behind the wheel as the Rock Racing director sportif starting in February 2009. In the mean time you can review my history of snark courtesy of the Trust But Verify Site. All credit to these guys, they will go down as the archive for this whole sordid affair, if anyone actually wants to remember it that is.
