... let's hold off on all the Lochte bashing until all the truth comes out.
That statement aside, do I think that he is likely more than eligible for a gold medal in jack-douchery? Yes.
Do I think it's the most scandalous thing ever to happen at an Olympics? No.
Is it wrong to get drunk and to vandalize a gas station bathroom and then to create an exaggerated story to cover it up? Yes.
Have I been in gas station bathrooms where urinating on the wall might have actually made the only clean spot in the place? Yes.
Is the truth about all of this likely somewhere in the middle? Was there likely a gun pointed in the direction of the swimming boys? Did those same young adults likely have to fork over money to cover whatever drunken damage they did? Yes, yes, and yes.
Did anyone really expect anything better of Lochte? I actually don't think so.
Here's why ... I watched the Ryan Seacrest produced show about Lochte a few years back. At the time, he struck me as a bit of a simple childlike soul in an adult's body -- as the kind of frat bruh in a college town that likely gets drunk and urinates wherever he'd like ... whether in Rio or here in the USA. The difference -- our celebrity obsessed culture would likely think it's "cute" and chalk it up to "bruhs will be bruhs" behavior ... and that would be that.
One could argue that there should be a higher standard for Olympians .. to which I would counter that that standard has to be adjusted for simpletons. And if there is a punishment, it should fit the situation -- I haven't seen the details ... but I'm guessing that something akin to TPing a gas station bathroom, pissing somewhere other than the toilet, knocking a few things off the wall and engaging in urination sword fights (you know that's what boys do when they're drunk and go potty together) is something that doesn't necessarily rise to the level of national castigation that is currently underway.
Oh -- and do I hope he learned a lesson? Hell JEAH!
IT MAY NOT BE TOO LATE TO BINGE WWRyanLochteD:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/08/19/get-ready-binge-what-would-ryan-lochte-do-weekend-esquire/88989354/
SOME SAY BAN HIM FROM THE NEXT OLYMPICS:
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/scott-fowler/article96677802.html
A DEBATE ON THE ISSUE OF HOW TO FEEL ABOUT RYAN LOCHTE:
http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/fivering_circus/2016/08/should_we_feel_bad_for_ryan_lochte.html
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