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 tjburk
Geek, one last thing...you know now that if Thorpe wins, there will always be an asterisk next to his name for this! At least for those purists like me!
:D
I have taken my leave from the Thorpe issue but feel it necessary to comment on another purist comment on this forum. There is nothing unpure about taking a different view of a controversial issue. Your implication is that somehow you are better suited to judge swimming and it's purity. That simply is not the case.
People wanted an asterisk next to Roger Maris' record. All that did was put a cloud over probably one of the best baseball seasons ever. Should Thorpe do something spectacular at the Olympics, I, along with most others, will revel in it.
Originally posted by tjburk
Geek, one last thing...you know now that if Thorpe wins, there will always be an asterisk next to his name for this! At least for those purists like me!
:D
I have taken my leave from the Thorpe issue but feel it necessary to comment on another purist comment on this forum. There is nothing unpure about taking a different view of a controversial issue. Your implication is that somehow you are better suited to judge swimming and it's purity. That simply is not the case.
People wanted an asterisk next to Roger Maris' record. All that did was put a cloud over probably one of the best baseball seasons ever. Should Thorpe do something spectacular at the Olympics, I, along with most others, will revel in it.
