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
By the way Geek, in another thread, it seems that 53 out of the 66 people that voted agree with me on this one! We think Stevens should keep his spot! He earned it!
Can't stop myself...
I would imagine that 53/66 Australians probably feel differently and since it's THEIR rules, THEIR swimmer and THEIR Olympic cmte I suggest that carries a whole lot more weight than what 53 Masters swimmers in the US think.
And, tjburk, Stevens might have a modicum of respect if he wasn't peddling his story for $75K across Australia with his agent.
Call me a purist but I still think people can follow their own rules.
Originally posted by tjburk
By the way Geek, in another thread, it seems that 53 out of the 66 people that voted agree with me on this one! We think Stevens should keep his spot! He earned it!
Can't stop myself...
I would imagine that 53/66 Australians probably feel differently and since it's THEIR rules, THEIR swimmer and THEIR Olympic cmte I suggest that carries a whole lot more weight than what 53 Masters swimmers in the US think.
And, tjburk, Stevens might have a modicum of respect if he wasn't peddling his story for $75K across Australia with his agent.
Call me a purist but I still think people can follow their own rules.
