"The Art of Fighting Without Fighting?"

     "The art of fighting without fighting," not just a line and skill uttered and mastered by the late great Bruce Lee in one of my personal favorite movies Enter the Dragon, but now seems to be a pretty good strategy in the battle between newly and regretfully stripped and banned seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. Like Sifu Lee, Lance has long been a hero of mine so the news of him choosing not to fight the United States Anti-Doping Agency anymore didn't make me a very happy person at all.  However after re-examining his decision I had made my peace with it and once again admired his courage in making the choice to not allow anything to distract him from the fight against cancer.  Having lost my younger brother and best friend Andy last year to leukemia, I'm glad that Lance has made this battle his number one priority.
    The decision to not do something however, might prove to be the best strategy in getting the USDA off of his back.  The International Cycling Union apparently has not received the file of evidence showing  why the USADA was prompted to stripping Armstrong of his seven Tour de France victories and banning cycling biggest star from the sport for life.
     International Cycling Union president Pat McQuaid said the USADA has not provided the UCI with any kind of timeline as to when to expect the file.
     "UCI assumes that USADA have the file, the full file, as they've already made a decision based on it and therefore it's difficult to understand why it hasn't arrived yet," McQuaid said.
     So with such continued delays, if the USADA is unable to produce the evidence used to ban and strip Lance of his victories, I would not be surprised if all seven tour wins were restored and the ban lifted by the UCI.
      "It's obvious any anti-doping case, whether it's a big case or a small case, is not good for cycling," McQuaid said. "The UCI has nothing to be apologetic about. UCI has always been the international federation that does the most in the fight against doping."
      So by choosing not to fight may prove to be the best form of fighting back. Let's hope that "the art of fighting without fighting" works just as well for Lance as it did for Bruce.