Nah .... I don't think so, they've already been publically shamed and they're not gonna get awesome endorsement deals... I think that's punishment enough.
Should the olympic swimmers who lied about being robbed suffer stiff penalties from the usa team and olympic committe?
I think it was shameful what they did. Why lie? Make up a terrible story like that? It's an embarrassment really, and I think they should apologize to anyone who was offended.
Yes they have paid a high price for their totally immature behavior pre and post incident. The lost money, the lost pride, the shame etc. All gone in the wind. Hopefully their example will influence young people the right way.
It shouldn't be condoned, Otis, but as Rooster pointed out he may have penalised himself already far beyond anything American swimming can do.
He's not unique, we've had a few of them here, too. Some of our swimmers at the London Olympics disgraced themselves and our top tennis player, Nick Kyrgios, was told flatly that his bad behaviour would not be tolerated at the Olympic Games. Rather than behave himself he declared himself unavailable.
Yes .. As representative of their team, they should suffer consequences for that level of behaving badly. They just flung dung on their team members, supporters and endorsers.
I think their penalty will be all of the lost endorsement money they could have made. Now, no company will ask them to endorse their product. Major loss of money ! This is just one !
Ryan Lochte Could Lose $10 MILLION In Endorsement Deals Over ...
Just saw this on the internet:
U.S. Olympic swimmer Jimmy Feigen agreed to make an $11,000 donation to a Brazilian charity in an effort to resolve a dispute over claims of being robbed in Rio de Janeiro that authorities say were made up.
Feigen's lawyer in Rio, Breno Melaragno Costa, announced the agreement early Friday morning, hours after he sat down with a judge and officials from the prosecuting ministry at a police station in Rio for four hours on Thursday.
abcnews.go.com/US/us-swimmer-jimmy-feigen-agrees-pay-11k-avo
YES and be banned for 2 years and pay $500,000 to various Brazilian charities and apologize for lying and bringing WORLDWIDE shame on USA and her people 😝.