Santonio Holmes and Mickey Mouse rollin'Santonio Holmes, Super Bowl 43 MVP, and new bro of everyone's childhood favorite cartoon mouse recently discussed selling drugs as a young man in south Florida. Also, this season he was charged with possession of marijuana when he was pulled over smoking a joint in his car. This lack of regard for his image, team, and fellow motorists somehow became lost is the smog of the Steelers 27 – 23 inching of the Cardinals. The moral of this story: all can be forgotten after you win big.
On the other hand, Michael Phelps shows how quickly people forget about your accomplishments. A photograph of the swimmer smoking a bong surfaced last week. Phelps, the hero of the summer, now has two smudges on his PR resume: a DUI and photographic evidence of him using illicit substances. Phelps finds himself in a whirlwind of controversy and leaves his millions of sponsorship dollars hanging in the balance.
What Phelps did was stupid, (he should have destroyed that kid’s camera once the picture was taken—but then again he was stoned). Phelps did nothing to hurt anyone else and is not even competing anytime soon. But this simply proves he is not the role model people tried to make him into. It’s unfortunate that Phelps does not have any big races coming up where he can redeem himself like Holmes somehow was able to.
Burress on the phone with Holmes getting some PR advice.
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