Landis Arbitration Case Ends, Just The Beginning

Oh my god! I did not realize that the Floyd Landis arbitration hearing that I've been following will not be the end of this already arduous process of determining whether or not Landis will be found guilty of doping in last year's Tour de France and thus lose the title of champion. From the AP wrap up story...

"...the loser is expected to appeal at the next and final level, the Court of Arbitration for Sport."

And why did I not know this? Because no one printed or said so! It should have been the first line of every story involving this case... "In the first of two Landis arbitration hearings...". I mean come on... this first hearing is a non-story when there is a final hearing which will render the final decision...or will it? Is that just bullshit too? And the loser of that hearing can then take it to some other court and on and on and on...just get it over with while someone cares...Landis will be dead before he knows whether or not he is found guilty.

So this entire hearing was just a colossal waste of time to even put any interest into it. Why didn't both parties agree to fore go this meaningless arbitration hearing and go straight to the final hearing and have a single showdown. All this arbitration hearing does, is give away some of your offense, but I am thinking that both sides have withheld some material because they know that this was just the beginning.