If I am reading this right, Swiminfo.com is reporting that Craig Stevens is indeed going to back out of the 400 and leave it up to Australia Swimming to "pick another member of the Olympic Team" to swim that race in Athens. If I am ANY other country, swimmer, the 3rd place finisher at the Trials or an organization interested in ethics, then I am raising a stink on this one!!!! Thorpe DQ'd and the Aussies are going to skirt the rule and get him in anyway. They would be relegated to the status of Ben Johnson, Rosie Ruiz, and the 60+% of MLB who are on steriods! This is FREAKIN' UNBELIEVABLE. I have no respect for any of the aforementioned and if this happens, none for Ian Thorpe and the Australian swim federation (or whatever official name they hide behind) are in that seeming, stinking pile.
Originally posted by KenChertoff
Whatever the merits of Thorpe's situation, the treatment Stevens is getting is unconscionable.
Now, give me a break! Unconcscionable? Talk about hyperbole.
His freaking coach might sell his story. Those might be tears of joy for Stevens, huh? Maybe he can sop up all his poor, pitiful tears with the money he'll get for his story.
Originally posted by KenChertoff
Whatever the merits of Thorpe's situation, the treatment Stevens is getting is unconscionable.
Now, give me a break! Unconcscionable? Talk about hyperbole.
His freaking coach might sell his story. Those might be tears of joy for Stevens, huh? Maybe he can sop up all his poor, pitiful tears with the money he'll get for his story.
