Friday, February 6, 2009
Michael Phelps and the New Controversy
Michael Phelps is the latest casualty in the athletes vs. drugs saga. Many of you have heard by now that a picture of the Olympic medalist surfaced that showed him smoking a "water pipe". The resulting punishment? Phelps received a three month suspension from swimming. There are many ways to look at this incident:
1. Intolerance - marijuana is illegal and therefore he is wrong. He should know better.
2. He's not the only one - how could he be the only athlete that has used the drug?
3. The bright side - he didn't try to make up some story that he was smoking a legal substance or just fooling around for the camera.
4. Lucky - he was only given a three month suspension.
5. Apathy - it's nobody's business what he does in the off-season.
What do you think? Did he get off easy? Is the punishment fair? Is this minor?
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I think it increases his believability. He could have said something stupid like that he didn't inhale.
Yeah, I'm so glad we didn't hear that one!
Its just weed. Though I am surprised he smoked not because its illegal but because he's a swimmer and their lungs are very important to what they do. Lets be honest swimmers don't have a long life span in the public eye anyway. They only show up every four years to be forgotten all over again
I was thinking the same thing about the lungs.
It was stupid and he admitted it. He disappointed a lot of people. But seriously, haven't most athletes smoked pot at some point? He can make his own decisions, although I'm glad he was suspended for awhile. It would've sent a bad message if he got away without any penalty.
I was really glad that he didn't try to deny it.
What were your thoughts?
I am also glad that he did not deny it. It would have been absurd to make up some "I didn't inhale" or similar story. I think it speaks to his character that he was willing to admit it and pay the consequences.
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