Michael Gets Suspended.......

“Michael accepts these decisions and understands their point of view. He has been suspended for three months and had his training stipend revoked by USA Swimming. Since a photo surfaced showing him inhaling from a marijuana pipe he lost a high-profile sponsor when Kellogg Co, said it wouldn’t renew its deal with Phelps that expires later this month.
“The penalty is far greater than the crime". He has said he is sorry. Let’s move on to the real problems in this country.”
When he posed for Playboy, so many officials looked down on him. Michael knows he isn’t a bad person, he made a mistake, people need to get over it. "The one thing I hope is that people realize Michael is still a person and not just a swimming hero.” He won’t be able to take on any rivals until early May, which would give him a little more than two months of competition before July’s world championships in Rome.