Lance Armstrong has been one of the wealthiest athletes in the nation. Despite this, he stands to lose it all if a jury finds that his actions of lying and using performance enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, are worthy of rewarding the US Post Office over twice what it paid to Lance for his role in serving as it's brand champion. His argument in trial will be to convince the 12 person jury that the Government has more than made back their money a couple fold, and that his behaviors did not jeaopardize the brand he sought to build up while serving as the USPS spokesperson. His team was paid $40 million to respresent the USPS and is now being sued by the US Department of Justice in an attempt to get this money, and a great deal more, back from Lance.
It is possible the case could settle before even going to trial in 2014, and while it should not be difficult to prove that Lance violated the contract, it will be difficult to prove damages. The USPS had paid several outside consultants to evaluate the value of his contributions prior to this occurence, and the results indivicated that the agency had received over $100M in value. This is surely to be one of the most followed cases in the US news during 2014. I
It was Lances former teammate, Floyd Landis who brought the lawsuit up against Lance, and in accordance with the False Claims Act (FCA), should the judge determine that Lance's actions cost the Post Office $50M, Floyd would stand to earn beteen $7.5M and $15M for his efforts. It is worth noting that Lance was also a participant in the doping exercises that the team committed, but regardless, as per the FCA, he is still subject towards receiving the award for reporting the violation.
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