Edmund Burke once said, "Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it." I think this story of Lance Armstrong should do more than point fingers and pass blame, and discredit him as a person. While all of those things are natural reactions of feeling like you were scammed, I think it's important to move forward and try to prevent things like this from happening in the future. For one, it gives athletes a bad name. It's hard, grueling work, with extensive training and altered lifestyles. Stories like Armstrong's takes away from the authenticity of real athletes, who work hard, train hard and win honestly. Not only does it give innocent athletes a bad image, it makes the outsiders, the fans, the supporters, be skeptical of not only athleticism but more importantly character, perseverance, the importance of being an honest man. If you cannot trust a man's word, then you cannot trust anything. As a huge fan of sports, you want to be able to first trust their character and their word, and then whole-heartedly believe that you are cheering and rooting for someone whose competing honestly.

Livestrong, or Lie Strong?

Lance Armstrong...A well respected athlete, a winner, a hero for many. Years of built up admiration all came crashing down when the news broke that he had doped for years. Armstrong had won the Tour de France seven consecutive times between 1999 and 2005. As if that weren't impressive enough, we flash back a few years when Armstrong was not only diagnosed with cancer, but a surviver, a fighter, a resilient person who didn't give up. Armstrong who was well known for his foundation 'Livestrong' who inspired so many people is now being questioned. How do you feel about what happened? Do you feel scammed? Lied to? Did you have a false hero? So many emotions, and so many consequences will come as a result of this scandal. When something sounds too good to be true, (in example: a person who just beat cancer beat the top athletes in the world SEVEN times in a row)...then it probably is.