USA Swimming Suspends Phelps for 3 Months

[Squatch]

WTF? (Apologies if this is a dupe)

USA Swimming Suspends Phelps For 3 Months

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Michael Phelps was suspended from competition for three months by USA Swimming, the latest fallout from a photo that showed the Olympic great inhaling from a marijuana pipe.

"This is not a situation where any anti-doping rule was violated, but we decided to send a strong message to Michael because he disappointed so many people, particularly the hundreds of thousands of USA Swimming member kids who look up to him as a role model and a hero," the Colorado Springs-based federation said in a statement.

Earlier Thursday, cereal and snack maker Kellogg Co. announced it wouldn't renew its sponsorship contract with Phelps, saying his behavior is "not consistent with the image of Kellogg." The swimmer appeared on the company's cereal boxes after his Olympic triumph.

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[Hanse]

1. I guess now I'll have to boycott Kellogg until they renew their sponsorship.

I wonder if I have any Kellogg products.

[Squatch]

4. Phelps would have kept his endorsements if he became a raging alcoholic instead

We revere celebrities who traipse through life as drunks, but as soon as they pick up the herb, it's curtains.

[Hanse]

5. Phelp's drunk driving was never an issue.

Well, lets hope I'm not the only one willing to boycott their sorry asses.

[Squatch]

8. Yeah...Phelps endangers others by drunk driving, but he's still the posterboy of US Swimming

He smokes some weed, endangering NOBODY and all of a sudden, he's a pariah. This country really needs to start unfucking its double standards.

[Political Tiger]

7. Sadly, that's true.

And Phelps was convicted of DUI a couple of years ago....apparently that behavior is "consistent with the image of Kellogg".. but God forbid he takes a hit from a bong! Such hypocrisy!

[beac]

6. Kellogg was founded by a guy who claimed sex was bad for you but overchewing your food, radioactive

tonics and 15-gallon-at-a-time enemas were just dandy. :crazy:

[MrModerate]

2. Twits, every one of 'em.

Based in Colorado Spring, eh? That's pretty telling.

[anonymous171]

3. God dammit. nt

[Tangerine LaBamba]

9. I hope the "friend"

who took and sold that photo is really enjoying his money.

Little prick should rot.

[Royal Sloan 09]

10. Why condemn Phelps when we ought to condemn the laws that brand him a criminal?

Why condemn Phelps when we ought to condemn the laws that brand him a criminal? Just a thought, a simple solution, LEGALIZE

[Zhade]

12. DAMN STRAIGHT.

NT!

[Zhade]

11. So utterly fucking ridiculous. IT'S. JUST. POT.

A proven-beneficial herb that doesn't kill you and isn't a performance-enhancing drug (unless it's a sativa blend, and that's a MIND high, not a body one).

[chollybocker]

13. "Kellogg's Hash Brownies" are being pulled from the shelves nation-wide.