OlderMichael Phelps Skipping 2012 Olympics?
Despite his bong incident, Michael Phelps is in good spirits at the Meadowbrook Athletic Club in Baltimore, Maryland on Thursday (February 5).
The 23-year-old Olympic champion told the Balitmore Sun that he might pass on the 2012 Olympics, saying, “This is a decision of mine that I’m not going to make today and I’m not going to make tomorrow. It’s going to require a lot of time and energy and a lot of thinking for myself - but also talking to [coach Bob Bowman] and talking to my family and just deciding what I want to do.”
Phelps continued, “But I’m not going to let anything stand in my way. If I decide to walk away, I’ll decide to walk away on my own terms. If it’s now, if it’s four years, who knows. But it is something I need to think about and decide what I want to do.”
The CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee said Wednesday he’d like to have a face-to-face meeting with Phelps, and spokesman Darryl Seibel said the federation was sending the Olympic star a letter offering its assistance. “We at the USOC, as we said in an earlier statement, are exceptionally disappointed in him, as he is in himself,” Jim Scherr said during a conference call that was set to preview the 2010 Winter Olympics.
DO YOU THINK Phelps should skip out on the 2012 Olympics — YAY or NAY?
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He is just as ignorant as I thought he was…all he ever had was swimming. He is almost like a pop star - like Britney - knows nothing abut life.
yes, matt, probably because most of their lives they have been either working as a teenager (Britney or many child actors) or training (many gold winners). When they grow up or decide to retire they find that they missed out too mcuh and ho as ina binge.
I bet many athletes have done even worse experiments after their competitions, but there were no people o sell them out, and maybe no camera cell phones.
He is no better or worse than many. And he has nothing to prove, he’s already won.
I do not think he will become an addict, and sure he is a poster boy and has benefited from it, but going further as to make demands it is too much. After all, he is human only, and should be allowed to make mistakes, just as many of politicians have also consumed, etc.
Ugh this is all so lame… smoking pot is not a big deal! It does way less damage than alcoholism or heavy tobacco use.
he’s rich. what does he care. he wants to enjoy his youth now… what’s left of it. i say let him. realizing ever mistake he makes is in the spotlight is probably enough for him to say enough.
the olympic committee wants to both talk about their extreme disappointment… and assist him in coming back. he was good press for them. it’s all business. people are so naive.
He already has * metals so it’s not like he is quitting his dreams. I’m supporting him either way!
He already has 8 gold medals so it’s not like he’s quitting his dreams. I’m supporting him either way!
GIven the sacrifices he’s had to make over the last how many years to get to where he got in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics…I think Michael Phelps deserves to whatever the hell he wants. Talk about “much ado about nothing.”
He’s just a doofy kid who, were it not for his mom, would have spent the rest of his life working at Target. My only issue is that he spent his time in a back-asswards place like South Carolina to begin with. Mike, you wanna party, do it in Vegas, it stays there.
C’mon people, let it go already. What’s the big deal?! He smoked some ganja. Yawn.
I hope someone will find that jerk who leaked the pic….
noooooooooooooooo!!! please don’t quit!!
he looks like a ******* douche
personally i dont really care if he’s allowed or not
anyway, whatever dont care
He might drive under the influenced of Weed, then get someone killed, He is the jerk for smoking weed while in the public eye.
Let er rip their Mr. Phelps. What do you have to prove anyway? Light up, turn the lights down and listen to a little Pink Floyd.
Most of the kids I knew growing up have tried pot least once in their life, but to read most of the posts I just read, we just must of cut across an angelic section of the world at large who all live Saintly lives. Big deal, he took a hit on a bong. People are just about equating this to some major league crime. I dont care who looks up to him, it’s his life to lead and if he wants to smoke pot, let him for all I care. I don’t smoke pot, do drugs or smoke cigs, but thats my life choice and I don’t have people deciding it for me. People need to get a freakin grip on their own lives and stop focusing in on silly crap like this.
You guys need to get off your high horses. It looks like a bunch of snobs are on this site.
He is not a rolemodel…the media makes him a rolemodel..He is not responsible for your children…or their self esteem..or any of their issues. If he wants to smoke weed. So what.
You people are hilarious
omg! I hope he doesn’t skip the 2012 oylimpics because I was planing on going to see him! for god sake
seriosuly ashley? he literally is nothing without swimming - have you ever heard him talk? Thank god he can swim - cuz he has nothing else going for him. And I dont think he realizes that once hes done - hes done. He was never celebrity status like a music icon or MAJOR sports star - yea he has more golds than anyone - but he wasnt around for even 3 olympics? I mean I dont know - no one in here agrees because he was americas glden boy. This goes beyond the pot…who cares about that?!?! I just think he is being his trashy low class self he was destined to be before he became a swimmer. You can see it in his interviews. He is as dumb as a box of rocks..no offense to him…just thank the good Lord above he can swim.
nooooo!
dont skip them!
Sounds like he’s covering his ass just in case the Olympic committee dosen’t allow him to compete. Many don’t believe what he did is bad but it does break the committee rules.
If they waived the rules for him they would have to for all athletes.
i hope he doesn’t quit. i mean, i’m totally against drugs. i have friends who are screwed up because of them, but i’m just wondering if all the people making a big deal about this and saying he sucks voted for obama because he’s admitted to doing drugd when he was younger. and phelps is obviously not an addict because he gets srug tested at most of his competitions. he’s allowed to make mistakes
Olympics mean drug tests. So, no.
honestly, how many teens do YOU know do pot? i know a TON of my friends- who are now esteemed, professional doctors- did pot when they were younger. maybe not as a habit, but how can we judge him? sure, it was an irresponsible thing to do when you’re in the spotlight and a world-class athlete, but he shouldn’t give up his talent for something as stupid as this. in fact, he should work TWICE as hard to redeem himself and to prove to everyone his professionlism and the true meaning of an athlete. he seems like a sweet kid with a lot of ambition. for his sake i hope he doesnt let all this get to his head, and i SINCERELY hope he isnt addicted!!! :/
anyways michael phelps was AMAZING in bejing, and he should be remembered for THAT, not this.
PHELPS 2012!!! :)
He has nothing left to prove. He needs to lay low and stay out of trouble and rake in themoney. The only thing he can do with the extra publicity is tarnish his image. He is perfect now.
Enjoy your life, Michael Phelps! Only he is responsible for his soul’s growth and path. He owes nothing further to America (except his chosen philanthrophy) and it will be a long time for anyone to catch-up to his Olympic records and achievements! Thinking Americans are behind him no matter what Colorado Springs says about an indiscretion at a party in backwoods South Carolina that enticed a greedy person to sell a photo of him from a young party to a British Tabloid….the sell-out witch didn’t even have the real woman ovaries to sell in America, eh?
Person who wrote “Olympics mean drug tests”….use your head!
This young man would not have been able to break Olympic records if he had been a frequent marijuana smoker. This guy (until Fall 2008) has lived swimming 24/7 since he was a young boy which means he missed out on a lot of childhood everyday lessons from which children mature. It was appropriate that he “let his hair down” after this great fete on behalf of himself and America.
Whoever sold the photo to the British tabloid needs to be exposed immediately. They are so spineless they didn’t have the courage to sell it in this country!
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