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#174556 - 02/13/09 09:42 PM
Re: Micheal Phelps sinking...
[Re: chatty lady]
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I don't think what Michael Phelps did was so terrible, but he's not a little kid. He's 22 and old enough to figure out how to handle peer pressure. He'e also old enough to understand that the multimillion dollar contracts he signed are serious business. There well may be clauses in his contracts specifying penalties for getting arrested, etc. Kellog's can make their own decisions; they running their business, not me.
Phelps may have given his life to train for the Olympics, but that was his goal, not mine. He's not going to jail, which would be silly. He lost a sponsor; live and learn.
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#174581 - 02/14/09 01:02 AM
Re: Micheal Phelps sinking...
[Re: Ellemm]
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He's a kid from my town, the age of my own son.
Frankly, I think we place way too much emphasis on sports and on athletes. Athletic ability is fine and dandy, but I don't think athletes are worth more than musicians, mathematicians, scientists, artists, teachers etc. It's ridiculous that corporations hire celebrity sponsors, and even more ridiculous that the public buys into it. He's not squeaky clean -- I'm sure it wasn't the first time and peer pressure is a lame excuse -- so if that's what they think they're paying for then they should drop him.
22 is old enough to know better. I don't like the entitlement attitude.
Edited by DJ (02/14/09 01:03 AM)
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#174586 - 02/14/09 03:01 AM
Re: Micheal Phelps sinking...
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I'm disappointed by his actions. I work in the town where the 'crime' took place.
http://www.canada.com/Columbia+Authorities+build+case+against+Phelps/1285921/story.html
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#174596 - 02/14/09 12:05 PM
Re: Micheal Phelps sinking...
[Re: DJ]
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Frankly, I think we place way too much emphasis on sports and on athletes. Athletic ability is fine and dandy, but I don't think athletes are worth more than musicians, mathematicians, scientists, artists, teachers etc. It's ridiculous that corporations hire celebrity sponsors, and even more ridiculous that the public buys into it. He's not squeaky clean -- I'm sure it wasn't the first time and peer pressure is a lame excuse -- so if that's what they think they're paying for then they should drop him.
22 is old enough to know better. I don't like the entitlement attitude.
Agreed! He broke the law. Pot is still illegal last I heard!
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