raymond5737 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I can't begin to tell you how I feel about this... Ryan Lochte an embarrassment to everyone... Dropped by Speedo, Ralph Lauren Amid Rio Robbery Scandal UPDATED: Ryan Lochte has lost two of his biggest sponsors. Speedo has dropped the U.S. swimmer after he admitted to “over-exaggerating” a story about being robbed at gunpoint during the Rio Olympics. “While we have enjoyed a winning relationship with Ryan for over a decade and he has been an important member of the Speedo team, we cannot condone behavior that is counter to the values this brand has long stood for,” the company announced Monday on Twitter. “We appreciate his many achievements and hope he moves forward and learns from this experience.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubatabaco Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Good! Maybe it'll teach this clown something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethernut Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I'm sure this is just the beginning of the avalanche, IMHO he should lose a few medals along with it. Hey, adults need whoopin's too. Perhaps he'll grow up and move beyond the d-bag stage. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.T Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I am very glad to see his sponsors dropping him. I think IOC and US Olympic Committee should hand down a stiff penalty too for his actions. An apology to the people and city of Brazil isn't good enough Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post forgop Posted August 22, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2016 Such a world of perfect people and no end of internet shaming. So much outrage over someone being an idiot yet we give people well paid careers in Washington DC who are by far bigger liars than this guy. Carry on with the torches and pitch forks. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMonkey Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 2 minutes ago, forgop said: Such a world of perfect people and no end of internet shaming. So much outrage over someone being an idiot yet we give people well paid careers in Washington DC who are by far bigger liars than this guy. Carry on with the torches and pitch forks. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk Let me make sure I understand what you're saying: you're saying that people who are happy to see some repercussions for this guy's assholery means that those people see themselves as perfect? Could you explain this conclusion in more detail? I'm not sure I follow. Or are you just saying that anyone who isn't perfect should be opposed to anyone being held responsible for such assholery? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgop Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Let me make sure I understand what you're saying: you're saying that people who are happy to see some repercussions for this guy's assholery means that those people see themselves as perfect? Could you explain this conclusion in more detail? I'm not sure I follow. Or are you just saying that anyone who isn't perfect should be opposed to anyone being held responsible for such assholery?I'm saying people are far more outraged over this than real lying professional crooks having a far greater imlact on our lives than a swimmer embellishing a story. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffer Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I feel the backlash is certainly warranted. What a fool, and he's no 19 year old kid. At 32 years old with multiple olympics, there is no excuse. Not that it matters all that much. In a few months he's more than likely to become irrelevant anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt45 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMonkey Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 8 minutes ago, forgop said: I'm saying people are far more outraged over this than real lying professional crooks having a far greater imlact on our lives than a swimmer embellishing a story. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk I don't think that's true, that people are more outraged about this than they are about corruption in politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMonkey Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I also think that pointing out that there are much more important things to be concerned about is sort of strange. By that logic we shouldn't be concerned about sports at all. Or music, or TV shows, or your kid's dance recital. After all, there are more important things going on. Maybe we should all just decide on what the single most important thing in the world is, and then not talk or think about anything else, ever. After all, it's not as important as that other thing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KnightsAnole Posted August 22, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2016 Our athletes are, to a degree, ambassadors for our respective countries during the Olympics. I have no problem with someone getting drunk and being an asshole. Hell I've been there done that... But he was in a position of representing the US in a foreign country. He had additional responsibilities in regards to behavior, and he failed. Not to mention the corporate endorsements he'll lose, as he represents them to a degree as well. He screwed up big time. In the real world, when you do that, there are consequences. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 i think it is possible to be disgusted by both garbage politicians and idiot sportsmen. i know i often am. whilst our games have been far from the "usual stellar achievements" we convinced ourselves were inevitable, it could be worse. 15 man rugby could have been a sport and our tennis morons, krygios and tomic, could have actually gone. i have no doubt they'd have managed to make lochtie's idiocy look anemic in the face of whatever they would have managed. so big win for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Festa Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 He certainly isn't an embarrassment to me. Just a dickhead. This is a non-event. Poor dickhead. LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgop Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I don't think that's true, that people are more outraged about this than they are about corruption in politics.Right-We're going to make someone POTUS that makes this guy seem like a saint. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMonkey Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 17 minutes ago, forgop said: Right- We're going to make someone POTUS that makes this guy seem like a saint. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk And you think people aren't outraged about it? You need to get out more, and talk to some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topdiesel Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I don't understand why people are shocked when a "role model's" handlers mess up and we see their true nature. I am more shocked that people ever believed he was a role model. I get that a top tier athlete has to work really hard to achieve their goals, but that doesn't make them a moral compass. Clearly, this guy was not smart enough to realize that someone might actually look into his story. He swims fast. That is what he does. He loses a bunch of money for getting drunk and being an idiot in Brazil. I bet he still swims fast. In my younger days, I got drunk and acted like a moron. Thank god I don't swim fast, because no one seemed to care. On the other hand, Michael Phelps who swims faster than Ryan, had his share of controversy through the years. I guess if you are going to be controversial and swim fast, then you have to be the fastest swimmer to keep your role model status and sponsors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgop Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 And you think people aren't outraged about it? You need to get out more, and talk to some people. One news network is outraged. All the others are campaigning for her. The more outraged they can incite everyone over a swimmer, transgendered bathrooms, and a gorilla, the less everyone is focused on the real professional liars. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMonkey Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 3 minutes ago, forgop said: One news network is outraged. All the others are campaigning for her. The more outraged they can incite everyone over a swimmer, transgendered bathrooms, and a gorilla, the less everyone is focused on the real professional liars. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk And you're saying that's what we should be talking about on here, even though that topic is forbidden on this forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Festa Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 8 minutes ago, forgop said: One news network is outraged. All the others are campaigning for her. The more outraged they can incite everyone over a swimmer, transgendered bathrooms, and a gorilla, the less everyone is focused on the real professional liars. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk 3 minutes ago, DrunkenMonkey said: And you're saying that's what we should be talking about on here, even though that topic is forbidden on this forum? You two could just PM each other. It'll be loads of fun. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 7 minutes ago, Jeremy Festa said: You two could just PM each other. It'll be loads of fun. You're killing me. ;-) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgop Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 And you're saying that's what we should be talking about on here, even though that topic is forbidden on this forum?No. Just giving perspective about what meaningless garbage we choose to get so butthurt over as a nation. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StumpyJoe Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 7 minutes ago, forgop said: No. Just giving perspective about what meaningless garbage we choose to get so butthurt over as a nation. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk I don't have all the facts because I haven't really followed the story...but the perspective I was looking at was that of Brazil and the guys fellow teammates. Brazil's biggest worry was to get a black eye. Swimming pools turning different shades of green isn't all that bad. They'll get over that. But when a world famous Olympic athlete claims that he was robbed and Brazil was doing everything to avoid such a nightmare situation...well that could have had a serious affect on tourism to Rio. I just hope he was overheard to say it...filing a false criminal complaint is a crime. And how about his teammate getting yanked off a plane and having his passport taken. I'm sure he's thrilled having that guy as a friend. Biggest story or most important story in the media? No. But you can't run just one story either. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perkinke Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Not so much embarrassing as stupidly pathetic. At 32 he should behave better but let's be honest, his behavior wasn't much worse than the average alumni at a college football game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgop Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 It's much more fun for the media to sensationalize one side of the story. This story appears to try to get it right. . http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/21/investigation-ryan-lochte-rio-olympics-authorities/89082232/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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