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Originally Posted by flameswin
Micheal Phelps has now been dropped from the "power within" speaking tour based out of Toronto. This was the event that was bringing the swimmer to Calgary, and the tickets are non-refundable. That kind of sucks.
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I can't believe how hypocritical we are being here. Remember Nagano 1998? Does a Canadian by the name
Ross Rebagliati ring a bell?He had his snowboarding Gold medal taken away because they found cannabis in his system. The Canadian panel on the IOC was the deciding vote, and due to public outrage that Canada had abstained in the vote, they quickly changed the vote to letting Rebagliati keep the Gold medal.
He returned to Canada as a hero. He was on talk shows, and even presented a trophy at the 1998 NHL Awards. We gave him standing ovations wherever he went. I personally think he should be treated the same way. After all, pot is not a performance enhanching drug.