Micheal Phelps... frigging idiot!

Well, one moment of folly is all it takes to send his career down the drain. All his years of training are now worthless. According to the reports, his medals will not be affected as the incident was discovered after the Olympics games were over. And during the games, he was tested to be clean. But there is talk that he will be banned from the 2012 games, if the charges are found to be true! 22. So young. And already so far ahead in his career. And in that one moment of folly, he threw it all away. What a waste!

Yeah.. Hopefully those reports are not true, for it might damage the spirit of the sport as well, and not only affecting him..

the reports are true because he admitted and apologized

The thing is if a person committed a folly and get away with it, he'll make attempts to repeat 'history' again, but it didn't occur to him that he is sucked deeper into his darkness that is beginning to devour him.

Oh? I didn't know of his earlier DUI. Hmm... looks like this 22 year old has not really learn from his mistakes. I too sure hope that this would be his last mistake. As long as he doesn't want to give up his partying ways, it will not be the last either. Cos when one is drunk, one has lesser inhibitions about doing something that is wrong, even though one is fully aware of the consequences.

That may be the case. A sudden gain in wealth may have made him a little arrogant, thinking that he can do anything he wants. But when he does break the law, he shouldn't be exempted as well. Having fame and fortune does not make him above the law!

Well, it may well be his doom this year. He better be praying real hard that it is not true. But that seems to be very slim. Cos the picture was supposed to be from someone who attended the same party he was in. And being a star sportsman, who doesn't recognize him? He was a fool to try something like that. What a waste! What a waste!

Hmm... that is not good eh? I sure hope he gets some sort of punishment for breaking the law. People are not dropping him now, probably cos they have signed him up with loads of money on contracts that they cannot afford to break. Once the contract expires, they may sing a different tune. But like you said, life is not fair.

Whether it is fair or not, it can only be fair for Michael to judge for himself. To commit a mistake when the person knows jolly well he shouldn't have committed and say to the effect "I've made a mistake almost anyone could have made" is definitely unfair if you like it, or blatantly childish and senseless.

Think of it this way. He has been training all his life to get into the Olympics Games. He succeeded and he got a lot of gold during the games. From a nobody, he became famous after the games. He knows the rules from the beginning. And to even try it out in a party where people can see it, well, is stupid. And to be caught doing it is idiotic! Don't you think? He is still so young. So many years spent training to be the best and achieving that goal, only to let it slip his fingers cos of an experiment with a known illegal act. If that is not an idiotic act, I do not know what is. He is one lucky chap. Only one sponsor has pulled out from his contracts after his apology. I sure hope the rest of the people will accept his apology and not abandone him cos of his one stupid act. Otherwise, the sports world is gonna lose a talented swimmer!