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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Originally posted by aquageek
If Stevens is on the team, will make money from this (talk about shady), Thorpe swims and the Australians have done absolutely nothing wrong, what do you do-gooders have left to claim, other than he false started?
But the Rules! The Rules! What about The Rules?! If we don't stick to The Rules no matter what, chaos will ensue! Grown men will then steal candy from children and laugh at their crying! Young thugs will beat up old ladies for their purses and get away with it! Lawyers and accountants will be out of business! Once you let one Rule slide, all of them are sure to follow! Anarchy! Chaos! The ruin of civilization!!!!
Originally posted by aquageek
If Stevens is on the team, will make money from this (talk about shady), Thorpe swims and the Australians have done absolutely nothing wrong, what do you do-gooders have left to claim, other than he false started?
But the Rules! The Rules! What about The Rules?! If we don't stick to The Rules no matter what, chaos will ensue! Grown men will then steal candy from children and laugh at their crying! Young thugs will beat up old ladies for their purses and get away with it! Lawyers and accountants will be out of business! Once you let one Rule slide, all of them are sure to follow! Anarchy! Chaos! The ruin of civilization!!!!
