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Phelps apologizes for 'bad judgment' after marijuana photo

Libertarians are just a bunch of potheads.

I should take that as a compliment then. I mean come on, pot heads can grow up to become president too:mrgreen:
 
I should take that as a compliment then. I mean come on, pot heads can grow up to become president too:mrgreen:
So can socialists. :mrgreen:
 
Had he come across as anything but apologetic his brand name would be ruined but I can see how fellow pot heads might not immediately grasp that. :mrgreen:

Right. I could not possibly understand the repercussions that he might suffer. Nope. Way beyond my grasp.
 
Phelps has lost a major endorsement deal and has been suspended for three months by USA Swimming.

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"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.

"Michael has voluntarily accepted this reprimand and has committed to earn back our trust," the statement said.

Phelps won a record eight gold medals in Beijing and returned to America as one of the world's most acclaimed athletes. He made headlines of a different kind, however, in the wake of the photo, published Sunday by News of the World, a British tabloid.

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.
 
Phelps has lost a major endorsement deal and has been suspended for three months by USA Swimming.

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If all olympians ,from all countries ,were comprehensively tested for pot use, my guess is about half would test positive. They were all clean for the games, but my guess is as they let their hair down anywhere from a few days to a few weeks after the games ended, a few parties were smokey. Weed isn`t the most evil thing on earth. In the world of competitive sports I`m thinking steroids are a much bigger crime, just not as sesational.
 
Good, three months is about right. Give him a chance to fix this, or to show he has not learned.
Learned? He smoked weed... Cry me a river. Most of those kids who look up to him now will be trying it when they are in high school, anyway.
 
Learned? He smoked weed... Cry me a river. Most of those kids who look up to him now will be trying it when they are in high school, anyway.

If you were right Ego, then Kellogs wouldn't have dropped him, and he'd not been kicked off the swim team.

Obviously you are wrong, because those things DID occur. Not everyone thinks smoking dope is a good thing, and since he worked for those people, he's an IDIOT for doing it.

The fault here is simple, with much of the "it's just pot" arguments. Maybe it was just "pot" and maybe it's not really that big a deal to most people.

That's immaterial, those paying for Mr. Phelps services, I.E. swimming, endorsements and the like, they don't like it. And he's knew it. He CHOSE to behave in a manner that endangered his career and livelihood. He acted like an idiot. He has a chance to fix this.
 
If you were right Ego, then Kellogs wouldn't have dropped him, and he'd not been kicked off the swim team.
He has not been kicked off of the swim team, he took a voluntary suspension.

The fault here is simple, with much of the "it's just pot" arguments. Maybe it was just "pot" and maybe it's not really that big a deal to most people.
I would imagine it is not, since most people have tried Cannabis at least once.

That's immaterial, those paying for Mr. Phelps services, I.E. swimming, endorsements and the like, they don't like it. And he's knew it. He CHOSE to behave in a manner that endangered his career and livelihood. He acted like an idiot. He has a chance to fix this.
I agree with you here.
 
Kids, it's oay to drink unti you puke. Just don't smoke a little pot. :roll:
 
Stoners should form a massive boycott of Kellog's.

I know it won't happen, but they should.
 
What exactly will your sign say?

"It's a plant, NOT A DEMON! FREE MICHEAL PHELPS!" (I know hes not in jail)


Look... Now is the time. Even though Phelps shows regret I still think anyone who smokes needs to use this guy as a symbol. Anyone who smokes mary can feel and judge for themselves how much damage it does in comparison to drinking hard on a night or smoking a whole pack of cigs in one day. All role-models that smoke as of now need to all jump on a bandwagon and reveal they smoke to brake this demonetization of something so trivial.

It being illegal and the world we have built up around it is much more dangerous than the plant they are trying to protect us from now. The damage from controlling it is more damaging than the plant itself. I don't know any other ways to say or word it.

Boycotting Kellog's would be easy as hell. Now Quaker's Cinnamon LIFE would be another story.
 
"America, stop being stupid. He is still a phenomenal athlete who happened to smoke an illegal substance the majority of you have tried at least once. **** off."

:cool:

While that may be true, the majority of us haven't been stupid enough to have a picture taken in the process. Frankly, I don't feel sorry for him one bit.
 
While that may be true, the majority of us haven't been stupid enough to have a picture taken in the process. Frankly, I don't feel sorry for him one bit.
I don't either. I do, however, feel that he is the victim of a false stigma that surrounds Cannabis usage.
 
If all olympians ,from all countries ,were comprehensively tested for pot use, my guess is about half would test positive. They were all clean for the games, but my guess is as they let their hair down anywhere from a few days to a few weeks after the games ended, a few parties were smokey. Weed isn`t the most evil thing on earth. In the world of competitive sports I`m thinking steroids are a much bigger crime, just not as sesational.

Michael Phelps is not "all Olympians". He is the most successful Olympian in history and is a role model for countless young people who see to emulate his success in the sport of swimming. I even heard a couple of kids at the pool a few days ago mention it. Even here in Taiwan, kids look up to Phelps and there is a large poster-picture of him on the walls of the pool.
 
He has not been kicked off of the swim team, he took a voluntary suspension.

It was NOT voluntary. It is a three month suspension from USA Swimming that is now opposing. That is not the same as voluntary.

I would imagine it is not, since most people have tried Cannabis at least once.

Perhaps most of YOUR friends have tried it at least once. IT still doesn't make it an acceptable behavior.
 
Michael Phelps is not "all Olympians". He is the most successful Olympian in history and is a role model for countless young people who see to emulate his success in the sport of swimming. I even heard a couple of kids at the pool a few days ago mention it. Even here in Taiwan, kids look up to Phelps and there is a large poster-picture of him on the walls of the pool.

Point well made,and well taken. The kids are gonna have to plow through enough without someone suggesting even in the slightest way, that they should give up a few years of their lives getting stoned.
 
Point well made,and well taken. The kids are gonna have to plow through enough without someone suggesting even in the slightest way, that they should give up a few years of their lives getting stoned.

Getting stoned was the best years of my life. *tokes a bowl
 
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