Michael Phelps First Big Endorsement Is Frosted Flakes
Posted August 21, 2008 at 5:00 am by: Sparkle-C
Michael Phelps and his agent buck Olympic tradition and have made a deal for the record setting swimmer to appear on boxes of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes, instead of Wheaties. This decision has every nutritionist in America up in arms about the message this sends to kids. I can just hear some whiny 8 year-old telling asking his mom why he can’t eat the big bowl of sugar for breakfast if Olympics athletes can.
“I would not consider Frosted Flakes the food of an Olympian. I would rather see him promoting Fiber One. I would rather see him promoting oatmeal. I would even rather see him promoting Cherrio’s.” - Nutritionist Rebecca Soloman of Mount Sinai Medical Center.
I’d rather see him promoting oatmeal too, but Quaker doesn’t pay as much as Kellogg’s. Of course at the end of the day it’s the parents responsibility to make sure their kids are eating right, but seeing that perfect Olympic body on the box of something that has as much sugar as a candy bar sure isn’t going to help teach our kids about good nutrition.
Michael Phelps Channels Mark Spitz -Sports Illustrated Cover
Posted August 20, 2008 at 2:14 am by: Sparkle-C
Michael Phelps, aka the Beijing Bad-Ass, is of course going to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated as soon as they can get the presses rolling. I wonder who’s idea it was to copy Michael’s childhood hero, Mark Spitz 1972 cover? Was Phelps ever born then? Either way I’m glad they did as it the new cover made me search for the old cover and led us to some vintage 1972 mustached Magnum sexiness.
Micheal Phelps says he’s going to buy a house and some boy toys with the $100 million he is expected to earn in endorsement deals. Let’s do the math; 8 Olympic gold medals + lifetime of training = $100 Mil.
Note to the dudes that run SI; You put every hot model you can find in a tiny bikini once a year, you couldn’t have put Michael Phelps into an American flag Speedo for your female readers?
