cameroncrazy822

People are caught red handed all the time my friend. She could have dragged it out forever all the while pleading her innocence. She did the right thing by admitting it even though not completely of her own volition.

She shouldn't have done period. In a perfect world would she have had a moment of clarity and outed herself without being caught first- yes. Will the money she makes from the movie(s), book(s), interview(s) make her punishment a bit less difficult to handle- yes.

With that said, this use of hgh is pervasive across gender and sport. A bunch of other people have also been implicated and veritably caught "red handed" but never came out and admitted to it.

She did the wrong thing and eventually stepped up to the plate without a long drawn out denial-fest intermingled with a dream team of attorneys.

Professional athletes take their performance and accomplishments very seriously since they spend the vast majority of their lives honing their craft into a world class caliber product.

She will pay her little debt to society, and she will also have long paper in the bank, but she will never again have what she has striven her whole life for... admiration and recognition for all her athletic feats. She now will no longer down in history as one of the best female Olympic athletes of all time.

And for folks like her that have dedicated and sacrificed and worked their butts off to achieve just that... the medals being taken away will be what she agonizes over on her death bed as opposed to being happy with all the money she made off the movies.

With all that said:
1. I don't feel th eleast bit sorry for her
2. What she did was completely wrong (even if everyone else is doing it- wrong is wrong)
3. Admitting she did it doesn't in any way shape or form make amends for cheating but stepping up is at least a start (along with the medals being rightfully stripped)