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Paul Kimmage Defense Fund

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  • September 23, 2012 at 7:24 am #16893
    _SiD_

    I see a fund has opened to help Kimmage defend himself against the UCI:

    Paul Kimmage Defense Fund

    He’s also started tweeting as @PaulKimmage

    I think this may now go somewhere the UCI had no intention of it going. Let’s hope so!

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  • September 27, 2012 at 11:02 am #701733
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    _SiD_

    Comments from contributors
    Comments from contributors here:
    http://cyclismas.chipin.com/contributors/public/id/4db2e4ecaa6ad4fd

    Some funny, some…er… strange but by and large a very positive reaction.

    September 26, 2012 at 5:17 pm #701731
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    _SiD_

    @GregLeMond has now shown
    @GregLeMond has now shown support for this via twitter:

    “This is an unjust action against a great person and one of the best journalists in the world. Let’s support Paul.http://t.co/upZ813tv”

    The snowball keeps rolling.

    I think the odds that the UCI suddenly drop this might be shortening.
    This could be the story that the media start focusing on – more than USADA v UCI.
    There’s a lot more human interest here and a ton of history.

    The fund currently stands at $36,000 with just over 1000 contributors.

    September 25, 2012 at 5:49 pm #701729
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    The Rumpo Kid

    SevenHills wrote:If i am not

    SevenHills wrote:
    If i am not mistaken there is a bit of history between Kimmage and McQuaid which might explain the fact that they are only going after him rather than both the author and the publication.
    Does seem to be vindictive.

    A simpler explanation is that the publishers would have the funds to hand with which to mount a defence.

    September 25, 2012 at 3:43 pm #701727
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    Blackhound

    How much is needed? I know
    How much is needed? I know legal rep is expensive and Switzerland(?) maybe even more so.

    September 25, 2012 at 10:15 am #701725
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    Simon E

    Kimmage tweeted a photo of
    Kimmage tweeted a photo of himself with McQuaid at the 1985 amateur Worlds. His subsequent tweet provided the caption: “Paul Kimmage (spitter in the soup) on the left. Pat McQuaid (saviour of the soup) on the right.”

    September 24, 2012 at 2:48 pm #701723
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    _SiD_

    Both the Kimmage family and
    Both the Kimmage family and the McQuaid family were from Dublin. Both families were entrenched in cycling. Fathers, brothers and cousins would have raced against each other. Pretty small world back then I imagine. Not sure if Kimmage and McQuaid actually raced against each other (Kimmage’s father might have) but McQuaid would have been director of the Irish squad when Kimmage was cycling, so their histories go way, way back.

    To say there’s ‘a bit of history’ would be an understatement.

    September 24, 2012 at 1:46 pm #701721
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    SevenHills

    If i am not mistaken there is
    If i am not mistaken there is a bit of history between Kimmage and McQuaid which might explain the fact that they are only going after him rather than both the author and the publication.
    Does seem to be vindictive.

    September 24, 2012 at 1:09 pm #701719
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    David Walsh of the Sunday
    David Walsh of the Sunday Times has tweeted tha Tyler Hamilton has agreed to auctio memoribelia to help the Paul Kimmage Defence Fund.

    The snowball keeps rolling.

    September 24, 2012 at 8:56 am #701717
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    notfastenough

    SideBurn wrote:I do not want

    SideBurn wrote:
    I do not want to make the news-hounds at Road cc feel bad or anything, but; I had to look this up on Velonation.com!

    It’s a fair point though – I had no idea this was happening.

    September 23, 2012 at 6:37 pm #701715
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    _SiD_

    He’s tweeting like there’s no
    He’s tweeting like there’s no tomorrow.
    Irreverent as hell and very entertaining.

    September 23, 2012 at 6:08 pm #701713
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    Gkam84

    Most of the story
    Most of the story here

    http://redkiteprayer.com/2012/09/the-explainer-why-slapping-paul-kimmage-wont-work/

    September 23, 2012 at 2:17 pm #701711
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    SideBurn

    I do not want to make the
    I do not want to make the news-hounds at Road cc feel bad or anything, but; I had to look this up on Velonation.com! Apparently Paul is accused of making false allegations about people in the UCI. I thought that if a journalist makes an allegation then the publication is jointly and separately liable? Seems a bit s**t that the UCI should target Paul personally when they must know that the publication is more likely to have the money to pay a penalty? Journalists do get a bit of leeway in the name of freedom of speech, but, surely if you make allegations that you cannot back up with evidence then more fool you? But having said that I may chip in in the name of access to justice!

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