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So he's overseeing them then? In an advisory capacity as a Mentor? either that or he isn't because i think thats how mentoring works,
All i'm saying is that it wouldn't put me off,
If i was told, Look this guy's called Lance, this is what he achived, this is what happens when you cheat 😯
This guy here is called Chris Froome, He's clean, Look what he's capable of. 8)
I'd have prefered a CLEAN Mentor, or even one that didnt get caught, you know, a David Beckham type as oposed to Adam Johnson or a Ryan Giggs.
I don't really rate him as a role model or a Mentor. of course i have never met him, he might be able to hold his breath and turn himself invisible "I Dont Know" but what i do know is what we all know.
Some think its perfectly acceptable to surround him by our future in the sport, i think it's wrong, Corrupt and irresponsible. Others have their opinion "This one is mine"
Whilst I admit that most of the peleton would have been juicing, what sticks in my throat is how Millar appears to still be benefiting from his wrong doings. Lets be honest, his 'I've been there and now I'm completely against drugs' stance has got him alot more gigs than if he had achieved everything he did as a clean rider.
People like Nicole Cooke must be livid..
I don't have a massive issue with those that cheated during that period, but Millar appears to have made as much of a career out of his repentant anti doping stance than he ever did as a pro cyclist, and that is just wrong. Would he have had anything like the same profile if he hadn't been a cheater?
The fact he hasn't yet fully spilled the beans on others tells me all I need to know about the man.
edit...what tang said in many less words..
...seems a bit unfair to me reward some one who has been caught doing things illegal.
It's very easy to look at David Miller as the bad man. Ex-doper. Cheat. But let's not forget he did his time for that.
A well known fact is that people respond better to reward than they do to punishment.
Let's not also forget that he has done a lot of good. Speaking out before many dared. He didn't make himself a popular figure when he was caught doping, but he made himself into a less popular one (in certain circles) when he started campaigning against it.
Yes, maybe some of that was to his own advantage with the general public. And he quite possibly knew that. But what's the alternative. Be punished for that too? Might as as well go back to doping, where you're more likely to forge a lucrative career.
All of that aside. I think it's a little naive for anyone in the industry, to assume that anyone riding 10 or 20 years ago was riding clean. There were clean riders, I'm sure. But they'll be few and far between, and the only people who will ever know that, is them. David Miller is at least very clear about his stance, and in a perfect position to advise on the pressures of competitive cycling.
It's pretty standard practise for any anti-drug programme to employ former users to help deter others.
Which kid will listen to a Scottish cad who looks like this and irrespective of what he says, sounds like a weapons grade bell end with a chip pan hair do.
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