With his world crumbling and his reputation torn to shreds, with fresh evidence being brought out everyday, Lance Armstrong has one final move left: he must come out and make the admission that he became a champion by cheating and taking drugs. The pages documenting the evidence are piling up; the witness list is getting longer and the sponsors are deserting him, yet Armstrong continues to procrastinate by making symbolic gestures — the latest one being to step down as chairman of Livestrong, the cancer foundation set up by him. This only points to the fact that he is guilty.
Why delay the inevitable? Armstrong can look at the cup half full and reason that he would be doing the world of sport, and specifically cycling, a favour, by coming clean. Evidence taken from him, on how he and his teammates administered the drugs during his tenure in competitive cycling, could help set up effective deterrents against drug use and finally clean the sport up.
At the end of the day all Armstrong has got left is his honour. With that being stripped away he must appreciate the magnitude of redeeming himself — guilty or not.
