He's a SWIMMER

Dude, he's a swimmer. A role model to millions of children. I get it. However, there is no criteria for a swimmer to have social skills. In fact, if you spend more time in the pool than say, the average dolphin, who incidentally is probably smarter than the average human; then perhaps you lack social skills.

I'm speculating, but when you take a gawky awkward kid, who's primary skill in life is to swim faster than other awkward kids, give him say millions of dollars, popularity which has to be at the best difficult for even refined people. Hell politicians screw this kind of thing up daily, and its there JOB, to deal with the public.

I mean basically we're in the Garden of Eden with a very LARGE tree with bulbous Neon Fruit, a Snake with a bullhorn, and Kid with the keys to kingdom furnished him from society.

Fast forward to Kellogg's spokeswoman, " who threw out some choice terms including ""low life". Nice. Really nice.

Lets revisit this scenario in even simpler terms. We have a kid. Maybe somewhat cool. From my observations, I doubt it. Lets give him world fame and celebrity status, loose him in the world and see what happens.

Here's what happens. He gets spotted hitting bong in South Carolina. South Carolina?? Really? Potentially $100 million dollars in sponsorships, and he hits about $4.75 worth of cheap weed in Podunk, South Carolina. A place that is so removed from the real world, that State Troopers speculate, they could prosecute on "Pictorial Evidence". State Troopers? I don't think we'll be seeing CSI South Carolina any time soon. Can you say, "Hey Barn, get the fingerprint Kit".

Really. I mean Really. You look at all of these dynamics, and you have Phelps, ergo the stick of social dynamite, so to speak. Society and all it entails, which I will plug into the equation as the fuse prepped and ready. Which leaves the real culprit and culpable figure in this, his handlers, parents, real friends. Did no-one see this coming? Really? Really?

Bob Knight, when interviewed about this, and I have no idea why, talk about needed a handler, this guy needs a keeper; said, basically, "how dumb can this guy be?"

Answer. Not as DUMB as the people responsible for this kid. The people who built him up. Somebody had to know this was coming. If you are a corporation and you invest Millions of Dollars in a kid for swimming, it should occur to you that maybe, just maybe you should look into his publicity people.

To sum. Michael Phelps is behaving like most 23 year old kids. I don't condone the behavior, at all. However, getting mad at a 23 year old geek for trying to get (and I'm guessing) laid at a party, hits a bong, is ridiculous at best. To use another analogy, and I know these get old, but I love them; its like putting a 7 year old in Porshe starting it up, and getting mad at him for crashing it.

Enough already. He's a swimmer. Yes, and a role model. And yes, that should have been drilled into his head. However, if after 15 million dollars (give or take) he still doesn't get it, somebody should have pointed this out, long before South Carolina's "Flipper Gate"

Just wanted to share.