Lance Armstrong Cheating In Sports

Sports is one of America’s best past times for gatherings and entertainment. Society likes to believe that athletes are perfect in every way, until a 1,000 page report is published proving that the athlete did indeed cheat during all seven rides for the Tour they won. Lance Armstrong has been a topic of corruption in the sports community since 2012. While he did all he could to terminate rumors, he finally admitted to cheating in the famous Oprah interview done in 2013. Immense repercussions would follow. With seven wins stripped from him, Armstrong justifies cheating, was dropped from name brands, and did all he could to stay on top.
Cheating has often been defended by the accused, and Armstrong is no exception. According to a statement made by Armstrong, he claims that “...the sport is rife with hypocrisy...Newsflash! It just is.” (Press). This shows that he accepts the fact that he was caught with drugs and is okay with it. He not only labels his team with “hypocrisy”, but anyone involved in the
With doing whatever he could to stay on top, justifying cheating, and being dropped from name brands, society will most likely continue to shun him. Though some people have granted him with forgiveness, many still remain bitter and skeptical. This is very similar to the Puritan community in the Scarlet Letter because after a while, many people decided to forgive Hester and changed the letter A to mean able. Others stood stubborn yet, convinced that she had the works of the Devil in her as well as her child. The sports community is a fragile and unscrupulous activity that is going downhill fast. Lance Armstrong is one of hundreds that have been caught abusing performance enhancing drugs. Hester Prynne and Armstrong are alike in that they both lie about wrongdoing, along with denial and anger when accused. While Hester was eventually accepted back into her society, Lance still has a long way to