When Bad Boy Floyd Landis started up the Floyd Fairness Fund with hopes of raising up to $2 million dollars for his legal defense, my reaction was: Not my job.
Heck, Our Boy Lance raises millions for CANCER RESEARCH.
Fairness is all well and good, but cancer isn't particularly fair.
My money will keep going to cancer research.
To date, BBF has only raised $150,000 in contributions on a national tour, which included a stop in this area (Arlington). Admission was $25 -- plus additional donation, I'm sure. It would have been nice to attend and meet Floyd, but I passed. I'll write a check to cancer research instead.
Landis says he has spent about $350,000 of his own money on his defense against doping allegations during the Tour de France so far; he says he is is living on his past earnings. Landis will continue to hold these "townhall style meetings, discuss his legal defense and sign autographs.
What's Floyd been up to on the bike? According to the CyclingNews, he was in California for his annual training camp for amateur riders. Twenty-three cyclists, from as far away as New Zealand and Great Britain, paid $3,000 to attend the week-long camp. His mechanic, massage therapist and physiologist all worked with the riders. Landis rode with the amateurs six times for a total of about 300 miles. Landis is recovering from hip replacement surgery last fall.