Lance should be forgiven not forgotten !

“Give Lance another chance,” organized by CNN.com with opinions by lots of people. They give their opinions on if Lance Armstrong should be forgiven, on if he should be able to cycle again, and on him finally confessing he used performance-enhancing drugs.

Opinions were used in this article. The opinions of Frida Ghitis, Randy Cohen, Roxanne Jones, Jeff Pearlman, Kevin Powell, and Shawn Klein were used in this article. Half of them think he should be forgiven, and the other half just can’t get over what he did. I was surprised he lied about it for a decade. He was lying to everyone to keep his secret, but now he finally comes out and says the truth. Why today? Why right now?

I think with this topic it is very hard to pick sides. I feel yes its bad he lied about it for so many years, but if everyone around him is taking them why not also take them to become better and beat your opponents? I think everybody deserves second chances, he is still inspirational. He is still helping kids with his Lance Armstrong Foundation, this should not be forgotten.

This Lance Armstrong article reminds me of something I read about the professional baseball player Barry Bonds. They both went years of denying using drugs. It took them years to finally confess. But I’m confused why confess now, if they been denying it for so long?