Karma is a bitch, but so is Lance Armstrong

I have been cruising through the thousands of tweets about Lance Armstrong after he was ordered to pay back 10 milllion dollar to SCA Promotions. As always, the opinions are very split. Whereas many tweet about "Karma is a bitch, Lance!" others keep it simple saying "LA won seven!".

"Lance Armstrong is a f****** criminal and an international fraud" or "Can't believe he is still not in jail!" Many people make very clear that they have no sympathy with the American at all. This is just the bill he has to pay for being an arrogant bully all those years. For sueing every single one who had the nerves not to do what he wanted. Was it a mistake when Lance sued the company in 2004 when they didn't want to pay his bonus for his Tourvictories? Probably. But at that time Armstrong never considered that he would ever admit he doped. So why not sue? He wanted the money he deserved and he got it. It's as simple as that.

I know you might think "No Cat, he didn't DESERVE that money, he's a goddamn cheater.' Yes he is. Like 95% of the cyclists during those years. So should Landis, Hincapie, Ullrich, Beloki,... pay every bonus back they ever received during their career? If you want to be completely fair, they should but that's impossible. And what's the point? Well, the companies probably want their money back they have put in a sport revolving around doping. But on the other hand they seem to forget what that dirty sport did to their companies. Trek, Nike, Oakley, they lived from Lance and Trek especially is even based on Lance. Without him they wouldn't be where they are now. So shut up, he made you.


But going back at the SCA Promotions case: they haven't got that much back from their connection with Armstrong and that's why they were one of the first to ask their money back. And it worked so I'm afraid for Lance many more cases will follow now. Will the American go bankrupt? Probably not yet but it sure will make him even more frustrated than he already is. He is the black sheep. Again. The only one who has to pay such an amount of money back. Poor Lance? (pun intended)

Should you feel sorry for former King Lance? Actually you should. In a way. There was one tweet that struck me: "This is the man who had everything and might end up with nothing". Armstrong had it all, he was invincible, on top of the world...until they pushed him down. And now, he has nothing. No, even less than nothing. Because he doesn't even deserve nothing according to some. This is the man that ten years ago millions looked up to and now most get a nasty taste in their month just saying his name. Is it his own fault? Partly. But the people spreading hate about Lance right now, are doing exactly the same as Lance did. And the companies that were sued by Lance are now sueing him back. Karma? Might be, but they better watch out, cause Lance doesn't wait for karma, he will hit back. He's a bitch as well.

Catya Leroux