Coulnd't find enough seats for his ego

[zarn02]

i think i know why nobody invited him...

he's a huge douche.

[derby]

Seriously?!    

HONG KONG (AFP) - US swim legend Mark Spitz won't be on hand in Beijing if Michael Phelps breaks his record of seven gold medals at a single Olympicsâ€"because, he says, no one bothered to invite him.

Spitz said the International Olympic Committee, a US television network or FINAâ€"the international body that governs world swimmingâ€"should have brought him to the Games this year, with Phelps making a go at his record.

"I never got invited. You don't go to the Olympics just to say, I am going to go. Especially because of who I am," Spitz told AFP in Hong Kong.

[ducpainter]

derbys' reading comprehension is amazing.

[derby]

derbys' reading comprehension is amazing.

ha! i didn't mean to quote myself in that post.

[Porsche Monkey]

That guy is a whiney little pregnant dog. He is a has been and probably can't afford the plane ticket that's why he needed someone to invite him. What would he do if he was there?

[IZ]

What would he do if he was there?

They would show him on TV.  That's all he wants.  To be back in the public eye..I'm sure.

Maybe get a picture of himself with Phelps.  All the while thinking..I'm still better than you Michael Phelps.     

[Porsche Monkey]

He has already made it back into the public eye but in a less than spectacular way. He has been portrayed as a whiney little girl that won some medals 30 years ago. I would hate to meet this bag of douch in person because I would probably drown in his oversized ego.

[Grampa]

[derby]

and probably can't afford the plane ticket that's why he needed someone to invite him.

i doubt that's the case, given his business interests and what he gets paid as a public speaker.

plus, he's already in effin hong kong!

[ducpainter]

7 world championships?

I think not.

[Grampa]

7 world championships?

I think not.

[tonyj311]

[♣ McKraut ♣]

then after the violinist is done playing he should kick him in the nuts and tell him to STFU.

[SP3]

is sparta?

No, This Is Spinal Tap.

[CromoMann]

Weak...

Who here knows how these sort of things really work?

For all the times you've seen a 'classy pass the torch' display from the past record holder to the new - do you think they just showed up on their own to sit in the stands?

Who knows, maybe he'll be there in the end to deliver the 7th and 8th medals - I'd still like to see it - and while certainly no personal friend of mine - I like to think that Phelps would be honored by Spitz involvement in the ceremony. 

Sorry I can't run with the tide on this one boys and girls.  I'm still a bit wide-eyed about Olympians and very jaded about reporters of the 'truth'.
Night.