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Michael Phelps could be in hot water
Posted on 8/17/12 at 11:01 am
Posted on 8/17/12 at 11:01 am
Michael Phelps could be in hot water -- not the cold bathtub he appears to be in -- for his recent photo shoot with the French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton.
Photos of Phelps taken by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz were leaked on the Internet late last week, violating the International Olympic Committee's controversial Rule 40, which states athletes can't promote any non-Olympic sponsors from July 18 to Aug. 15.
Punishments for the rule range from fines to a stripping of medals.
The campaign was set to begin on Aug. 16 in order to comply with the IOC's campaign against ambush marketing. Someone jumped the gun and the photos appeared on a wide variety of websites starting on the second Tuesday of the Olympics.
Louis Vuitton denies releasing the photographs, as does Phelps' camp.
Rule 40 states "a competitor or a team may lose the benefit of any ranking obtained in relation to other events at the Olympic Games at which he or it was disqualified or excluded; in such case the medals and diplomas won by him or it shall be returned to the IOC." In other words, Phelps could theoretically be stripped of his medals from London.
The odds of the that happening are about the same as the swimmer winning six gold medals in women's gymnastics at the Rio 2016 Games. Unless there's a vast conspiracy involving the maker of high-end trunks and the world's greatest swimmer, it seems safe to assume that these photos were leaked by a rogue individual. Pictures that aren't meant for public consumption get leaked all the time. Michael Phelps can attest to that fact.
Then again, one of the leaked ad photos was with former Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina, the woman whose record for most Olympic medals Phelps broke in London. If we were still in Cold War mode, it'd be a legitimate possibility that she leaked them as part of a wide-ranging conspiracy to get back her record.
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You've got to be fcking kidding me. So the IOC could strip those medals as if Phelps never kicked all that a$$ in the pool? GTFO IOC. Fines make sense, but stripping medals? They are worse than the NCAA.
Photos of Phelps taken by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz were leaked on the Internet late last week, violating the International Olympic Committee's controversial Rule 40, which states athletes can't promote any non-Olympic sponsors from July 18 to Aug. 15.
Punishments for the rule range from fines to a stripping of medals.
The campaign was set to begin on Aug. 16 in order to comply with the IOC's campaign against ambush marketing. Someone jumped the gun and the photos appeared on a wide variety of websites starting on the second Tuesday of the Olympics.
Louis Vuitton denies releasing the photographs, as does Phelps' camp.
Rule 40 states "a competitor or a team may lose the benefit of any ranking obtained in relation to other events at the Olympic Games at which he or it was disqualified or excluded; in such case the medals and diplomas won by him or it shall be returned to the IOC." In other words, Phelps could theoretically be stripped of his medals from London.
The odds of the that happening are about the same as the swimmer winning six gold medals in women's gymnastics at the Rio 2016 Games. Unless there's a vast conspiracy involving the maker of high-end trunks and the world's greatest swimmer, it seems safe to assume that these photos were leaked by a rogue individual. Pictures that aren't meant for public consumption get leaked all the time. Michael Phelps can attest to that fact.
Then again, one of the leaked ad photos was with former Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina, the woman whose record for most Olympic medals Phelps broke in London. If we were still in Cold War mode, it'd be a legitimate possibility that she leaked them as part of a wide-ranging conspiracy to get back her record.
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You've got to be fcking kidding me. So the IOC could strip those medals as if Phelps never kicked all that a$$ in the pool? GTFO IOC. Fines make sense, but stripping medals? They are worse than the NCAA.
This post was edited on 8/17/12 at 11:04 am
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Posted on 8/17/12 at 11:04 am to Marciano1
If i were phelps my response would be
"Go ahead and try to take my medal away bitches"
"Go ahead and try to take my medal away bitches"
Posted on 8/17/12 at 11:07 am to wildtigercat93
The thing is....those photos were leaked, not released. Not his fault if they're leaked.....which means he keeps his medals and avoids fines. It's still some major bullsh!t.
Posted on 8/17/12 at 11:10 am to Marciano1
yeah and well he's done with the olympics any ways
Posted on 8/17/12 at 11:11 am to Marciano1
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So the IOC could strip those medals as if Phelps never kicked all that a$$ in the pool? GTFO
Posted on 8/17/12 at 11:13 am to Kafka
Everyone knows bush handed over a replica Heisman
Posted on 8/17/12 at 11:14 am to Marciano1
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Punishments for the rule range from fines to a stripping of medals.
will never happen to him
he made too many people give too many fricks about the Olympics
Posted on 8/17/12 at 11:16 am to gizmoflak
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he made too many people give too many fricks about the Olympics
Posted on 8/17/12 at 11:28 am to Kafka
Bush should have never given that Heisman back IMO.
Posted on 8/17/12 at 11:32 am to Marciano1
They were leaked - he didn't actively promote any other cause during the Olympic period. The IOC is very reasonable and will see that.
Posted on 8/17/12 at 11:32 am to Marciano1
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So the IOC could strip those medals as if Phelps never kicked all that a$$ in the pool? GTFO IOC
The IOC doesn't give 2 shits about the purity of sport. They are all about the money and are notoriously corrupt and greedy.
Posted on 8/17/12 at 11:33 am to MinnesotaTiger
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Bush should have never given that Heisman back IMO.
He was stuck between a rock and a hard place...but, I agree. It's not like he did anything that gave him a competitive advantage or anything of that nature. He earned that trophy on the field.
Posted on 8/17/12 at 11:51 am to gjackx
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He was stuck between a rock and a hard place...but, I agree. It's not like he did anything that gave him a competitive advantage or anything of that nature. He earned that trophy on the field.
What he should have done was "dedicate" it to some inner city Boys and Girls Club - maybe in San Diego or New Orleans or Miami. Have a ceremony and a weekend camp and say it's to "inspire children than anything is possible".
Makee it really unpolitically correct for the dumbass Heisman club to take it then.
This post was edited on 8/17/12 at 11:52 am
Posted on 8/17/12 at 12:12 pm to Marciano1
He'll be fine, they were leaked
Posted on 8/17/12 at 12:14 pm to Marciano1
Before clicking on your link, I assumed it was a Chris Chase blog post. And of course, it was a Chris Chase blog post.
He is the king of getting cheap hits. This is a complete non-issue. Phelps won't even get a slap on the wrist.
He is the king of getting cheap hits. This is a complete non-issue. Phelps won't even get a slap on the wrist.
Posted on 8/17/12 at 12:15 pm to Marciano1
He could tell them to frick off and they can try to take his medals from his cold, dead hands.
Seriously, what are they going to do to him?
Seriously, what are they going to do to him?
Posted on 8/17/12 at 12:46 pm to Marciano1
Phelps should just put on his non-Olympic sponsor SOL headphones and say "La la la, I can't hear you."
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