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David Walsh
Hi,
I profess to have followed David Walsh from newspaper to newspaper since I became aware of him 10 or more years ago, I believe him to be the greatest sportswriter writing in these Islands today - but thats just my opinion. He's also written a book about Sean Kelly (plus Richard Dunwoody)& covered circa 18 tour de France races in his career, I believe he is going after the big fish because of his love of sport, if one of the big stars who commands the big sponsership deals is found to be rotten, then it should have a more profound effect than highlighting hundreds of lesser athlethes that dope to survive. The bottom line in pro sport is the same as the bottom line in big buisness - money - and one thing is for certain eventually money corrupts. In the world of sport I see Walsh as a small fish who is gambling his reputation with this book on Armstrong all for the love of sport, whether he gets out with his reputation intact or not we'll have to wait & see but I hope more journalists would take his fearless approach & highlight the corruption in sport - read Tom Humphries year in a life diary also -, because one voice will not make any impression in the big busisness that pro sport has become or the illusions that it is peddeling.
Hi,
I profess to have followed David Walsh from newspaper to newspaper since I became aware of him 10 or more years ago, I believe him to be the greatest sportswriter writing in these Islands today - but thats just my opinion. He's also written a book about Sean Kelly (plus Richard Dunwoody)& covered circa 18 tour de France races in his career, I believe he is going after the big fish because of his love of sport, if one of the big stars who commands the big sponsership deals is found to be rotten, then it should have a more profound effect than highlighting hundreds of lesser athlethes that dope to survive. The bottom line in pro sport is the same as the bottom line in big buisness - money - and one thing is for certain eventually money corrupts. In the world of sport I see Walsh as a small fish who is gambling his reputation with this book on Armstrong all for the love of sport, whether he gets out with his reputation intact or not we'll have to wait & see but I hope more journalists would take his fearless approach & highlight the corruption in sport - read Tom Humphries year in a life diary also -, because one voice will not make any impression in the big busisness that pro sport has become or the illusions that it is peddeling.