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Originally Posted by kcchief19
I'm going to throw this out and see if sticks. Am I the only one who would GAIN respect for Landis in this situation if he simply come out admitted it? Doesn't need to be a press conference -- just a TV journalist of your choice. Just apologize and say, "My back was against the wall. My dream was coming to an end, I realized I didn't have anything left and I made a bad choice."
Public relations aside, to me it's just the right thing to do. But taking PR into consideration, I think the problem is that sports agents are about 15 years behind the curve in managing a PR crisis. They continue to use deny/deny/deny when it just doesn't work. You get the story out first and get it out on your terms.
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No, not at this point. He has already denied/denied/denied. He has spent the last week saying he did not use anything, it was all natural blah blah blah. Now if he came out immediately after the test came back positive and said something similar to what you are saying that would be different. I don't know if I would go as far as saying he would gain my respect, but I would definitely appreciate his honesty.
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