Yesterday, Olympian Michael Phelps was suspended from competition for three months by USA Swimming, thanks to the now infamous published photo which appears to show him using marijuana. I guess this their way of punishing him for just being plain immature and hurting his image. I didn’t think he’d be swimming anyway; however, I guess it was a convenient time to give him the hammer.
“Michael Phelps is the greatest star our sport has ever had and he is a role model and hero for hundreds of thousands of kids,” USA Swimming Executive Director Chuck Wielgus said in a phone interview. “Under our code of conduct, we felt we had an obligation to address this issue, to send a message to Michael and to our membership.”
In addition, he’s lost a sponsor — Kellogg’s. They obviously dropped him after him seeing his photo. I guess they had to do what they had to do.
