The US swimmer Michael Phelps has been suspended from competition for three months after photographs were published appearing to show him smoking cannabis.
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 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.”
USA Swimming has cut off its financial support to Phelps for the same three-month period.
Cereal and snack firm Kellogg has also reportedly said it will not renew a sponsorship contract with Phelps, on the grounds his behaviour is “not consistent with the image of Kellogg”.
via BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Phelps suspended over ‘pot pipe’.
I’m sorry, Kellogg, was Phelps use of a non-toxic substance inconsistent with your image as a purveyor of toxic ones?
Kellogg Company announced on February 02, 2009, a voluntary recall of … Keebler® Soft Batch Homestyle Chocolate Chunk Cookies and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, …Special K Protein™ Meal Bar Honey Almond variety only,… Austin® and Keebler® Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers and select snack-size packs of Famous Amos® Peanut Butter Cookies and Keebler® Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies.
These products have the potential of being contaminated with Salmonella.
Or was his all-American athletic achievement and toned physique inconsistent with your image as a purveyor of childhood obesity? The company that marketed to me “Super Sugar Smacks” (now the more-P.C. “Honey Smacks”) with a cartoon hip-hop frog in the ’80s wants to be a finger-wagging moralist about sending messages to kids? One serving of Kellogg’s Cocoa Krispies has 120 calories and 12g of sugar. Not a big deal, until you realize they define a serving as 3/4 cup.
As for USA Swimming’s “strong message”, I’m sure Phelps heard it loud and clear: don’t get caught next time.
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your 100% right Jillian, I will never buy their products again. This is an outrage.
I’m wondering would this be happening to this guy, if he lived in California and had a medical marijuana card??
Great stuff fallibilist! *You* are awesome!!
BOYCOTT KELLOGG’S.
Kellogg’s switchboard number(269) 961-2000
I’m calling tomorrow and ask them why hiring a convicted DUI offender is fitting with their corporate image, but a bonghitter is not.
Here’s a list of Kellogg’s brands to pass on next time your in the supermarket. No Kellogg’s cereal, Pop Tarts, or Eggos. Do they have any idea how many stoners buy that crap?
http://www2.kelloggs.com/General.aspx?ID=466
First off, Jillian (above) is awesome.
Second, let me be clear: screw Kellogg’s.
Those jackasses are not getting one more cent out of me. Before that picture emerged, Michael Phelps had already been convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol. Drunk driving is dangerous. People die. And yet Kellogg’s thought that Michael Phelps, the admitted drunk driver was okay to put on their cereal boxes.
Once it comes to light that Phelps partakes of a harmless substance in a private setting, Kellogg’s suddenly deems him unworthy of endorsement. What. The. Fuck.
Well, Kellogg’s, your tacit approval of drunk driving as preferable to responsible adult marijuana use will not go unnoticed.
Let’s see if you jackasses don’t suffer a drop in sales from concerned marijuana users.
You can’t just slander us.
We fight back.
Here’s the email for Kellogg’s VP of Marketing.
robert.woodall@kellogg.com
Let them know what you think of their message of support for the prohibition!! And ask them this, where are the victims. Where are the victims when an adult consumes cannabis? Where are the victims when he sows a seed, nurtures the plant, and dries its flowers so that he may relax with it in the privacy of his own home? There are NONE!
Any action taken in support of the prohibition is contrary to the wellbeing of our nation. Tell Kellogg’s that this decision just isn’t good enough.