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this is a guy with one talent. and brains isn't it.

Kellogg to drop Phelps over pot smoking photo

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Cereal and snack maker Kellogg Co. (K) (K) says it will not renew its sponsorhip contract with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps because he has acknowledged smoking marijuana last fall.

The Battle Creek, Mich.-based company said Thursday that Phelps's behavior - caught on camera and published Sunday - is "not consistent with the image of Kellogg."

The company put Phelps on boxes of its Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes.

Phelps has kept the backing of many sponsors since the photos surfaced that showed him inhaling from a marijuana pipe.

Phelps's agent was not immediately available to comment.

Kellogg says its contract with Phelps expires at the end of the month.

They're missing a great opportunity: they should have a commercial where they set it up that he has the munchies, and he's wolfing down a giant bowl of Frosted Flakes.

Swim Star Phelps Banned Over Pic

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The sport's national governing body also cut off its financial support to Phelps for the same three-month period.

Phelps acknowledged "regrettable" behaviour and "bad judgement" after a photograph in a newspaper showed him apparently smoking cannabis.

The News Of The World said the picture of Phelps inhaling from a glass pipe was taken in November last year during a party at the University of South Carolina.

The swimmer, who won eight gold medals in the Beijing Olympics, apologised to his fans and promised it would not happen again.

He said in a statement: "I engaged in behaviour which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgement.

"I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me.

"For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again."

USA Swimming said in a statement: "This is not a situation where any anti-doping rule was violated, but we decided to send a strong message to Michael because he disappointed so many people, particularly the hundreds of thousands of USA Swimming member kids who look up to him as a role model and a hero.

"Michael has voluntarily accepted this reprimand and has committed to earn back our trust."

And it gets worse

So he smoked a little weed. He's 25 or something. Is it actually that big a deal? It doesn't affect his swimming performance (not doping), so in my mind, and from what I've heard around my campus, people my age don't think his behavior was completely out of line. He did something illegal---really...How many students in the United States illegally drink before they are 21, hmmm?

First Phelps. Now... SUMO.

Muchies will give you that SUMO physique.;)

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 529411)

I totally agree. What kind of people is he hanging out with who would do this...for some fame, or some kind of vengeance?

No. For money. There's not much people won't do to someone else for money.