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.
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Also, Aquageek, in response to Scancy, you say "The Olympics should follow their rules, much like the Australians should follow theirs. That line is pretty easy to define..."
What line is that? And what rules are you recommending that the Aussies follow? The one that says the top-2 go, then #3 if one of the first two cannot, or the one you are now standing in front of...seems you are a bit muddled yourself on this matter! I thought the rules didn't matter here, b/c they're NOT laws and they can make their own decisions? Are you really on my side in this? (Just when we are making headway, too!!)
Also, Aquageek, in response to Scancy, you say "The Olympics should follow their rules, much like the Australians should follow theirs. That line is pretty easy to define..."
What line is that? And what rules are you recommending that the Aussies follow? The one that says the top-2 go, then #3 if one of the first two cannot, or the one you are now standing in front of...seems you are a bit muddled yourself on this matter! I thought the rules didn't matter here, b/c they're NOT laws and they can make their own decisions? Are you really on my side in this? (Just when we are making headway, too!!)
