SAFER wants USA Swimming to stop driving athletes to drink
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 at 4:40 pm | By: Radical Russ
“Send a Strong Message” to USA Swimming
Tell them to reinstate Michael Phelps and stop driving athletes to drink!
http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/5559/t/4030/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2533
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=2533
Mason Tvert, Executive Director
SAFER – SAFER Voter Education Fund
office: 303-861-0033 – fax: 303-861-0915
mason@saferchoice.org - http://www.SAFERchoice.org
