http://bleacherreport.com/ Bleacher Report - The open source sports network en-us 30 Peter Sewall <p>Where's the pride in America? How come the USA has no respect for our champions of old?</p> <p>Mark Spitz should have been next to President George W. Bush cheering on Michael Phelps' championship run. Why on earth did this not happen?</p> <p>I understand that Spitz wanted to go to Beijing; however, the US Olympic Committee nor the US Government chose to foot the bill for him. That is just not right. We are better than that!</p> <p>Don't forget Spitz <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfbcBB05nQg" target="_blank">won seven gold medals</a> in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.</p> <p> <object width="425" height="344"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RfbcBB05nQg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RfbcBB05nQg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </p> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:44:11 -0400 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/47698-mark-spitz-should-get-to-see-michael-phelps-break-olympic-swimming-record http://bleacherreport.com/articles/47698-mark-spitz-should-get-to-see-michael-phelps-break-olympic-swimming-record http://bleacherreport.com/articles/47698-mark-spitz-should-get-to-see-michael-phelps-break-olympic-swimming-record Summer Olympics USA Swimming Opinion Michael Phelps Swimming (Olympic