Will Nick D'Arcy quit swimming after he was expelled from the Aussie National Swim Team? According to his coach the answer is yes. The swimming Australia Board
revoked his position after last months National Championshiops. To read more about this here are a few news items:
Dumped D'Arcy will quit, says coach LINK
D'Arcy dropped from Worlds team due to criminal history (with video) LINK
Nick D'Arcy sacked from World Championship swim team LINK
and some reaction...
Nick D'Arcy has changed, pleads father LINK
D'Arcy 'strung along' by officials LINK
As his coach asks "when do you stop punishing someone"? Yes, D'Arcy made a dumb drunken mistake by assaulting a fellow team mate. Yes, the Australian Swimming Board as the right to ban anyone who has been convicted as a criminal as D'Arcy was for this assault. Almost a year after the incident at a bar both sides still insist of vast different stories of what went on. Personally I'm torn as I don't condone violence but I feel that after being kicked off last years Olympic Swim Team he should have been given a second chance. It's a shame that the swimming world has lost a great swimmer to a dumb drunken bar fight.
One more news tidbit:
Nick D'Arcy fans attack Simon Cowley on Facebook LINK
