Michael Phelps Saga: "Send a Strong Message" to USA Swimming
[Courtesy of SAFER]
Tell them to reinstate Michael Phelps and stop driving athletes to drink!
http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/5559/t/4030/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=...
USA Swimming suspended the 14-time Olympic gold medalist following the publication of a photo showing him using marijuana at an off-season party. USA Swimming was not required to punish Phelps, according to Executive Director Chuck Wielgus, but it "decided to send a strong message to Michael..."
That message: athletes must only use alcohol when they party, and they will be punished if they make the safer choice to use marijuana instead. After all, the 23-year-old swimmer would never have been punished had he been photographed chugging Budweiser beer -- an official sponsor of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
If you agree Michael Phelps should be reinstated and that athletes should not be driven to drink, please take a second to click on the following link and "send a strong message" to Chuck Wielgus and USA Swimming:
http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/5559/t/4030/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=...
Mason Tvert, Executive Director
SAFER ⎮ SAFER Voter Education Fund
office: 303-861-0033 ⎮ fax: 303-861-0915 mason@saferchoice.org ⎮ http://www.SAFERchoice.org
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DO NOT GIVE UP !
Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/13/2009 - 9:17amMICHAEL.....I SAW YOU TODAY ON THE NEWS. PLEASE, CONTINUE WITH YOUR LIFE OF SUCCESS. FORGET ABOUT THOSE PERSONS WHO BRING OUT THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF OTHERS. ANY MISTAKE IN YOUR LIFE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, A NEW LESSON. THANKSFOR YOUR ACHIVEMENT AND PLEASE, GO AHEAD. MANY SWIMMERS, (OR FORMERS SWIMMERS LIKE ME,) KNOW THAT OTHERS TRIED THE SAME BUT WERE UNABLE TO DO IT. FRANK.