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And the two are similar how?

large sums of money "donated" to the UCI in hopes of achieving a desired outcome? seemingly they also both got what they wanted in return.

 

[blackhat]

Jeeze, talk about your conspiracy theories...

to which end? Its pretty clear from the BBC piece that the $ greased the skids for the entrance of keirin into the games and I'm certainly not the first to suggest that LA's large cash donation to UCI bought him a powerful ally. either/both were inappropriate by any reasonable standard.