So some people are up in arms about the whole Michael Phelps smoking pot situation.... click here if you haven't read the story. They say he's a role model and should be ashamed of himself and Olympic champions should be held to a higher standard and blah blah blah.
Here's my opinion (and if you don't care about my opinion, why are you reading my blog????)..... Michael Phelps is a grown up and can do whatever he wants. He wasn't hurting anybody. He wasn't using drugs to give himself an unfair advantage in competition. He wasn't selling the drugs to kids. He wasn't promoting the use of drugs in any capacity. He was doing what many people his age do.... experiment with marijuana.
Last year Michael Phelps pledged to "My Victory," an initiative to keep competitive sports clean of cheating and drug use. This will cause some people say he is a hypocrite. But the occasional recreational experimentational drug use is not the same as doping with steroids and cheating in a sports competition. They are two completely seperate issues.
I really don't think all the hoopla is needed. I also think it's sad that he has to issue an apology for it. Unless you are living in a fairy tale, Disney-esque world, this is not unusual and I feel sorry for the backlash Michael Phelps has had to endure for his actions. He's a grown up. Back off and let him live as normal a life as he can.
1 comment:
People are always going to talk about something . . . and since he's such an icon right now, he's right up there on the list. Personally, I don't care if he smokes pot . . . it's not like it enhances his performance!
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