Sponsors stand behind Phelps after marijuana incident.

February 2, 2009 – 8:45 pm – No Comment

A picture of Olympic champion Michael Phelps that shows him smoking marijuana has been going around the internet for a couple of days now. The picture has made people ask what will happen to all the sponsors as well as awards Phelps has.

Usually when an athlete is connected to a drug or other questionable activity, they are dropped from any sponsorship and quickly fade into obscurity. However, several of his sponsors have accepted the apology he gave shortly after the picture was published.

This isn’t the first time Phelps made a poor decision. In 2004, after the Athens Olympics he was arrested for drunk driving and issued an apology then too. It seems as though that incident was all but forgotten.

So, the Olympic golden boy needs to stay on the straight and narrow if he wants to keep his chances of going to the next Olympics and keeping the sponsorships that will get him there.