It bothers me to see Michael Phelps get such negative coverage over this smoking scandal. One minute he is the media's poster boy, the next he is their door-mat for one little insignificant mistake! Give the man a break! He's only human! I think it is awesome that the Worlds greatest athlete, just happens to smoke green once in a while. Goes to show you that even an Olympian can mistakes every now and then, and still be an amazing athlete! In a world where sports today are dominated by performance enhancing drugs, this should come as a minor tap on the wrist! I have grown tired of constantly hearing about these doping and steroid cases...
Floyd Landis: Cycling
Marion Jones: Track & Field
Barry Bonds, McGwire, and A-Rod: Baseball
Baseball for me has now turned into a complete joke. Almost every good player has gone through some type of doping scandal. It takes away from the legitimacy of the sport.
Marijuana on the other hand is not a performance enhancing drug and is in no way cheating! If anything this substance would hinder him from competing to his fullest capability! I think it's ridiculous the US can suspend him for 3 months! How ungrateful can they be, to the man who brought the country 8 golden medals! The man who has made swimming into a popular sport! What he does on his free time should not be a concern of others! Let the law deal with it, and that be the end of it! It doesn't make since to suspend him or strip him of his endorsements to set an examle!
So to hell with the US Swimming Association, Kellogg's, and other companies that feel the need to break away from Phelps in order to avoid looking bad! This goes to show you how in the end all these companies care about is the dollar... They'll chew you up one minute, then spit you back out the next when it is convenient for them!
Floyd Landis: Cycling
Marion Jones: Track & Field
Barry Bonds, McGwire, and A-Rod: Baseball
Baseball for me has now turned into a complete joke. Almost every good player has gone through some type of doping scandal. It takes away from the legitimacy of the sport.
Marijuana on the other hand is not a performance enhancing drug and is in no way cheating! If anything this substance would hinder him from competing to his fullest capability! I think it's ridiculous the US can suspend him for 3 months! How ungrateful can they be, to the man who brought the country 8 golden medals! The man who has made swimming into a popular sport! What he does on his free time should not be a concern of others! Let the law deal with it, and that be the end of it! It doesn't make since to suspend him or strip him of his endorsements to set an examle!
So to hell with the US Swimming Association, Kellogg's, and other companies that feel the need to break away from Phelps in order to avoid looking bad! This goes to show you how in the end all these companies care about is the dollar... They'll chew you up one minute, then spit you back out the next when it is convenient for them!
Yet no matter what the case, nobody can take away from the fact that Phelps is still the greatest swimmer and arguably greatest athlete of all time!
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