Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

But not cigars...:confused:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...jBeJJj2A-1.jpg
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news...abis-pipe.html

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

Our source said: “You could tell Michael had smoked before. He grabbed the bong and a lighter and knew exactly what to do." :ss

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

He is more normal than I thought .... nice.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

must be some superman smoke...cause that guy can swim

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

How do you think he won all those medals?

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

Maybe it was part of his conditioning regimen that there was a bag of Doritos waiting for him at the end of a set of laps. :D

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

As long as he didn't inhale, he's still safe....

well, he could still be President...if he didn't inhale, that is.....

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

Wow I always wonder why us normal (not famous) people are shocked when famous celibates are caught doing drugs.They are just like you and me and at age 23 and who can honestly say that they haven't tried/smoked pot at that age. Life is short so live it up and have a ball.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

I'm 30 and have never tried/smoked pot. :p

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

i'm 36 and i have never ...... oh wait, I have

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

An embarrassing picture yes. (Most likley there are some pictures floating around out there that would prohibit me from running for public office :r)

But it really proves nothing. There is no way anyone could know what was in the water pipe and even if they were illegal drugs unless the powers that be (Olympic Committee) drug test him immediately he will pass.

I really don't see any Olympic implications for him.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

Yup ... I don't think it proves a thing. A drug test would be needed and it ain't showing sh*t from a November bong hit. Plus, there's really no evidence there was anything in that "water pipe." They sell those with pouches of tobacco, right? :D

My favorite comment after the article:

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

This story is a complete fabrication, and over exaggeration. anyone who knows anything knows that this guy probably gets drug tested more times than we can imagine. I am sure as soon as any news of this happend someone was knocking at his door with a specimen cup. Even out of season. The picture doesn't even look like him to me it just looks similar. Its a hard angle and would be tough to prove its him. You see a lot of "celeb nude" pictures where its just someone who looks like the celebrity.
I have a lot of friends who met him when he was in town and they said he was a really nice and overall just seemed like a normal college kid

1.Micheal Phelps coach is a native to the Columbia SC area.

2. A good friend of his who went to h.s together played soccer here.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

It was a slow news day!!! ha ha ha

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

yeah, het me some of that shiz!


haha, maybe he won all his events because there was a bag of funions at the finish line?

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

I could care less one way or the other. Just a headline that caught my eye.
He had to know though if a picture like this got out it would at the least be a controversy.
http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story...im-smoking-pot

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

I agree...there are a lot of athletes that do a lot worse. Sucks to see a good guy get caught up in something of that nature

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

There's nothing more obvious than the tone of an English tabloid writer. Marijuana has been demonized to such an absurd degree, it really makes me laugh. :ss

As for Michael Phelps I've always gotten a huge D-Bag vibe from him.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

I have lost all respect for this guy. First he gets a DUI and now he is smoking weed. Sorry, that is not the way to represent America. He is definitely not a role model.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

:tpd:

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

Sorry fellas, but it looks like Phelps released a statement that the photos were real.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_162842.html

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

just to ask, who do you consider to be a role model that is widely known?

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

he's an athlete not a role model....












who cares if he smoked something illegal. damn near every american on this board has smoked something illegal

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

He wasn't before.

A guy that does nothing for others, just spends time in a pool so he can be faster than anybody else.

There are important problems in the world ... swimming fast doesn't help any of them.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

"Michael is a role model, and he is well aware of the responsibilities and accountability that come with setting a positive example for others, particularly young people," the USOC said in a statement. "In this instance, regrettably, he failed to fulfill those responsibilities."

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/myfox/pag...Y&pageId=3.2.1

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

I'm not going to get into this with you.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR driver)
Sean Casey
Jeff Gordon

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

No problem :)

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

i got ya man...

But hey, don't say we shouldn't have seen the signs... The kid did admit to consuming 13,000 calories per day..... :r:r:r


sorry, i had to!

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

:tpd:

Athletes as role models......what a joke!!!

Role model? Let's all post a picture of this guy on our bedroom walls for our kids.
Calm, cool, collected, and put his life on the line to make sure all were out of that plane first, before him. That is a role model!!!

OH!!! BTW, was just doing his job according to him.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

:r Duh, how could we have missed that one :r

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

:tpd: now we know how he can consume the 15000 calories per day that he does while training.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

someone explain to me what makes athletes role models? he can hit a ball really far, he can swim really fast, he can jump high...so what. why is this role model material?

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

Agreed loki, role models are supposed to be people you look up to for reasons greater than sports performance.

The greatest part is when you have super-atheletes that are good people, and do good things for their communities. Those can be role models. Using their money and prestige to get people to listen and act on the greater good for the community. That is what a role model is (to me) in terms of a sports athelete.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

like Cuban Cigars maybe? :rolleyes:

Me? never! :cool2:

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

Not saying that he should be, but he is a role model because kids look up to him for what he accomplished. The fact is that there have been more Presidents of the US, than people who have achieved what Phelps achieved. That doesnt excuse his behavior, in fact, that SHOULD cause him to live his life in a more responsible manner.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

If they tested all the professional athletes in NFL, NBA, MLB for Marijuana, there would be no professional sports.

Does smoking Marijuana make him less of a person?

Athletes should not be role models to children; parents should be...

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

I have to disagree with all the people who say athletes can't be role models. Not necessarily for what they do on the field/court/ice/etc., but for how they conduct themselves off of it. Michael Phelps is likely only a role model to swimmers, he is an amazing swimmer, if I was a swimmer I would want to swim like him.

You can't really argue with the fact that Tim Tebow would be a great role model for most young people. He spends his off season going on mission trips to third world countries, he is a leader off the field, he uses his "fame" for the benefit of others. In fact, I hate the way he plays football, but I can appreciate what he does off the field for other people.

There are many examples of athletes being role models for the stuff that they do off the field than the stuff that they do on it. Charles Barkley was right, not a role-model, an athlete. I think athletes that try to make themselves role models are the ones who probably shouldn't be, but the ones who do things for other people out of the kindness of their hearts are the role models. :2

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

I've seen your humidor, you're in the clear....or you were after I left atleast :)

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

I agree that they can be role models, I've personally seen what guys like georges laraque, ward and others do for the less fortunite. But that's not because they're athletes. They're good people who happen to be good at a game. The two are not related

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

Yeah, but if he played football or baseball it would be another story, of course.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

While it is not because they are athletes that they are good people, it is because they are athletes that allows them to be in the public eye and have a greater impact. Prime example, Lance Armstrong and his Live Strong campaign. :tu

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

:tpd: Bobby, add Lance Armstrong to my role model list.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

noted.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

I wouldn't consider Lance Armstrong a role model - he admittedly got so caught up in his own celebrity that he decided domestic life with his wife and kids was too much of a bore so he went for something he found more exciting. I don't understand why our society constantly makes celebrities of people who do a good deed or accomplish something and then put those people on pedestals and fawn over them. It's our own fault for building such high expectations that they let us down at some point, and then the media attacks and picks their bones clean. I've seen few celebrities worthy of admiring but they are plenty of people in our neighborhoods that do good for others without the spotlight. We can use the good deeds or achievements of others (including celebrities) as examples of what can be accomplished, but idolizing them will in most cases lead to disappointment. :2

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

This subject really bothers me at times.

While I agree some athletes can in fact be role models, we have got to stop that nonsense as a society.
Athletes are just that, athletes.
They can throw or catch balls. Whoopie. I bet I could do that too if I got millions.

Many of them are not and never will be role models.
My wife worked at a hotel property where all teams that played the NJ teams (meadowlands) stayed.
You have got to see the nonsense that went on with prostitutes in their rooms and so forth, while all being married.
You should see the way the treated kids seeking their autographs as they got on the bus to go to the game.
You should see how they treated the staff at the hotel, to include my wife.

Kids can't tell the difference who is and who is not a good role model. They idolize these people because of what they see them do on TV.
As such, why have them follow someone that may not end up being an ideal role model?
Sad indeed if I have to look up to someone who made the winning catch in the Super Bowl when I have a man such as my dad, that gave it all to come to America and provided for his family his whole life, never cheating on his wife, never doing any less than everything he possibly could to provide for us. That is a role model and that is what we need more of.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

I agree wholeheartedly.

None of the celebrities/athletes mentioned here are what I would consider role models. They are successful people in the limelight who happen to do some good. Their fame and notoriety doesn't make their positive character traits any more important than any other person.

Apologies to Carlos - To me, the man he mentioned is a hero.

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

bingo!!!

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

Vince McMahon of WWF is a worthy role model. Never seen a more hand's on, hard working billionaire and I tip my hat to him (I don't watch wrestling at all).

I knew one of his daughters and he actually came to her apartment to help her move out. She worked a regular job while in college...

Re: Michael Phelps likes to smoke...
 

Meh, so he's human. I don't see the big deal.

What's funny, is that whoever decided to make this a big deal is kind of endorsing smoking weed. He could've just buried and forget about it, but noooo he had to make a whole story around smoking weed. No publicity is bad publicity right? "Even 14 time Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps smokes weed"