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 Scansy
Unfortunately, you are correct. There is so much money involved in sports for the atheletes, owners, agents, TV, etc., etc., etc. that it rules sports. Those of us who are big sports fans feel like the pure sport of it is lost. At least that is how I feel.
Pure sports have never existed. Someone has always been looking for the edge. There is no era of pure sports, just bygone eras that seem pure compared to today's standards. Back in the era we all think of as pure, they were moaning and groaning themselves about the loss of purity.
Originally posted by Scansy
Unfortunately, you are correct. There is so much money involved in sports for the atheletes, owners, agents, TV, etc., etc., etc. that it rules sports. Those of us who are big sports fans feel like the pure sport of it is lost. At least that is how I feel.
Pure sports have never existed. Someone has always been looking for the edge. There is no era of pure sports, just bygone eras that seem pure compared to today's standards. Back in the era we all think of as pure, they were moaning and groaning themselves about the loss of purity.
