What the hell? I guess I don't understand what he is after, but really, can we just end this - now.
Well, you see, he was fined $100,000 by the arbitration panel at CAS. This is supposedly for legal fees incurred by the prosecution. This was never an issue during the actual hearing. After the hearing was over, the panel heard arguments from a lawyer for the prosecution that they deserved some compensation. Landis was never given a chance to argue about it and he cannot race again in the US (even though his ban ends on 1-29-09) until he pays.
Also, the guys who sit on the various arbitration panels at CAS frequently argue as prosecution in hearings before CAS. Which is a rather serious conflict of interest.
If the system was fair instead crooked, this would have gone away already.
