Now that the story had completely died down and Campbell was out of the spotlight, the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has finally weighed in on the issue.

Not surprisingly, the NZOC isn’t happy and sent Campbell a letter threatening to sue him if he does not stop using the Olympic name to make money from his brothel.

From the NZOC:

“Based on the Olympic values of excellence, friendship and respect, we would place your actions as totally inconsistent with these values,” TV3 network quoted an excerpt of the letter, signed by NZOC secretary-general Barry Maister, as saying.

“Your open solicitation of ‘clients’ for your ‘business’ while using the Olympic or Olympian connection must cease immediately, or the NZOC will be forced to consider taking legal action against you.”

If friendship is an Olympic value, then a brothel actually seems pretty consistent with that ideal. There’s nothing more friendly than that.

Threat to sue athlete for fund-raising brothel [Reuters]

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A lot of athletes try to get money for their Olympic training by saying “Just Do It.”

But instead of getting sponsored by Nike, New Zealand’s Logan Campbell is raising money for his bid to make the taekwondo competition in the 2012 Olympics by opening up a brothel in Auckland.

Campbell hopes that his brothel will earn him about $300,000 before the games. His parents spent $150,000 to help him participate in tournaments and qualify for the 2008 Olympics, where he placed in the top 16.

You might think that his parents aren’t too keen on this idea, but considering their son is well on his way to becoming self-sufficient, they are fine with it. Campbell even brought a couple of escorts home to his mom, who “realized they were just normal people supporting kids and stuff.”

Escorts: The sort of girl you can bring home to mom, at least in New Zealand.

Kiwi opens brothel to fund campaign [The New Zealand Herald]

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The Pan-American games are going on right now. I wouldn’t have known either had I not read that story the other day about the Brazilian fencer getting stabbed by his brother.

Cuban leader Fidel Castro sure does know about the games though. He has been watching so much of the coverage that he has been forgetting to eat and take his medication.

Castro said: “I hardly take my eyes off the television. Sometimes I forget the time of some food or some pill. I don’t miss an event on the television: weightlifting, taekwando, rowing, cycling, beach volleyball.”

He also applauded women’s artistic gymnastics, calling it a “beautiful sport”.

Let’s see… beach volleyball, women’s gymnastics. We know what sort of pill Fidel is NOT forgetting to take.

Source: (Yahoo)

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