Jim Rome Is Burning - Usain Bolt disses Michael Phelps

[TheAngeltoDemon]

Like Daggerman points out below, T&F to the rest of the world is Athletics, definitely not a diss. He's just saying it's apples and oranges. It's crazy though comparing their bodies, one is built to run and the other is truly built to swim, kind of freaky because they represent the extremes. 

[DaggerMan11]

Bolt isn't saying swimming isn't a sport. In most English-speaking countries not the US, Track and Field is referred to as "Athletics." As such, its participants are referred to as "athletes." It wasn't a diss.

[therealjoebloggs]

For Jim Rome, it's all about the smack: "All right, Bolt and Phelps, you fight-- I'll hold your coats!" Jim is a punk and always was. UB may have been dissing Phelps, probably wasn't, professional to professional, class and all that. In any event the easiest take on UB's comment is that he was saying "apples to oranges." Rome knows that, even if he doesn't know that someone from a Commonwealth nation says "athletics" instead of "track." Rome just wants to be snarky. Where R U Jim Everett?

[HarbingerGunner]

im not a professional in either. But doesnt swimming require great upper and lower body strength. and running only requires lower.

[twitch047]

people that say winning gold in the olympics for swimming in any event are fucking retarded. each stroke is like an enitre different sport all together, i'd know because i've swam at an international level for australia. Also, look at the different body types for the best swimmers of each stroke, they are so different requiring different muscle groups to move in different ways. Swimming would have to be the second hardest sport there is after gymnastics in terms of workloads and training.

[johnnyrainbow50]

@twitch047 I'd say wrestling and boxing are way harder

[IBOOZLOTZ9919]

Jim Rome is such a pussy

[TenaciousAP1]

Swimming and wrestling are the two toughest sports. If you think otherwise, your just trying to defend your sport.

[BlackLeather92]

I often think Rome is a sanctimonious asshole, but he's absolutely right when he called out Rogge for not having his priorities straight.

[slesngr]

rome still in puberty at 2:10

[MSH786]

@slesngr Yeah, I know, his voice cracked like shit when he said "Phelps"...LOL

[pharry4life]

Actually this ISN'T A DISS at all. In many parts of the world, what americans call track and field is known as 'athletics', so when he says 'im an athlete, he is a swimmer' he means he is 'does athletics' (basically 'i run track) and obviously phelps competes in the pool...he is simply stating it is impossible to truly cross compare medal hauls in different sports. Bolt is a nasty guy, he wasnt dissing phelps.

[upabittoolate]

@pharry4life Horseshit. Usain knew what he was saying. He's from a tiny country that's surrounded by water. I guarantee he's gone swimming in his life. What bolt is saying is that swimming doesn't measure up. HE didn't just diss Phelps, he dissed the entire sport.

[Mankkays]

@upabittoolate actually Usain probably didn't know what he was saying. Track is referred to as athletics. Hence why the track and field world champs are always called "World Championships in Athletics". You're reading into this too much.

[upabittoolate]

@Mankkays "Track is referred to as athletics." That doesn't MEAN anything. Like I said, Usain has swam in his life. He knows what kind of energy it takes to do it. He dissed the whole sport. 

[Mankkays]

@upabittoolate You're an idiot for taking his comments out of context. He did not diss the sport. Hell, if I was bolt, I would say the same thing and in no way would I be dissing Phelps or the sport. Why do people like you even bother to comment? If you want to bitch and whine, do it in your diary and not on here because honestly no one gives a shit if you think Bolt dissed Phelps.

[upabittoolate]

No. The idiot makes ad hominem attacks instead of dealing with the topic. That'd be you. Bolt thinking there's some kind of athletic, hierarchical superiority of his sport (running short distances) vs. Phelps's sport (swimming) is dumb. If anything, swimming at Phelps's level is harder to do.

Also, you're commenting that people shouldn't comment. That's patently stupid. Honestly, no 1 gives a shit about you or anything you think at ALL; not even your loved ones. Get a life loser.

[Mankkays]

@upabittoolate The topic is you are an idiot. Swimming is not harder than running. Both sports require a lot of work. Bolt did not diss the sport but of course you're just a freak, that somehow thinks he does. No I'm commenting that you shouldn't comment. You are an idiot, who doesn't know what he's talking about. Stop with your 'ad hominem' and shit. Words that you searched up on the net only make you look like more of an idiot.

Btw, you said swimming at Phelp's level is harder than running

[upabittoolate]

@Mankkays You're pretty sad.

[Mankkays]

@upabittoolate No I'm pretty happy, thanks.

[upabittoolate]

@Mankkays You REALLY can't frame a real argument. Can you?

[Mankkays]

@upabittoolate It takes you one month to respond and all you can come up with is that comment? PATHETIC. My arguments are logical, it's you that needs to learn how to argue. Go get some professional help, seriously.

[enukis]

What is the song that is playing in the background during this segment.? It plays during every show but I cannot figure out what it is.

[kingston554]

The only people who are bigger losers than Rome are the people who watch his show

[drbayoms]

Last I checked Usain Bolt dosen't have a DUI and pictures of himself floating around on the internet smoking a bong. But he somehow is the one bringing shame to the Olympics. Yeah, I buy that.

[weisscold94]

Broken English is a bitch.

[texaspete33]

the greatest diss ever.

[redzebra16]

lol awesome he is a swimmer i am a athlete very nice

[GBDazzler]

its true though, you can't compare the millions of swimming events where you can grab a gold, 100m front crawl, 101m front crawl, 102m front crawl etc etc. Athletics, weightlifting, gymnastics and the hardest wrestling are the real events at the olympics.

[LupeFiasco0]

fuck this bitch. michael phelps is a straight up G

[shittypuzzle]

let me clarify something as a jamaican.he wasn't dissing michael phelps. in jamaica we call running atlethics. not football,hockey or basketball. hence he was saying he's a athlete(track and field) and michael phelps is a swimmer.i guess we must have gotten it from the british. i've been in the states so often i forgot how i spoke when i was in jamaica and often get offended when i talk 2 other ja'cans

[shittypuzzle]

let me clarify something as a jamaican.he wasn't dissing michael phelps. in jamaica we call running atlethics. not football,hockey or basketball. hence he was saying he's a athlete(track and field) and michael phelps is a swimmer.i guess we must have gotten it from the british. i've been in the states so long often i forgot how i spoke when i was in jamaica and often get offended when i talk 2 other ja'cans

[drbayoms]

@LupeFiasco0

Your right, it is "G like" to have a DUI and pictures of yourself smoking a bong.

[LupeFiasco0]

@drbayoms yeah its pretty fuckin G to have 16 gold medals and smoke weed...do you have 16 gold medals and an olympic champion? nahhhh. ur not a G like big mike phelps

[drbayoms]

@LupeFiasco0

It's cool to have 16 gold medals and smoke weed? No, I do not have 16 gold medals, so I am not a "G". But listening to the way you celebrate and defend Phelps, you seem to be a little "B". So relax and get off of his "D".

[LupeFiasco0]

@drbayoms having to participate in this inane conversation with a retard like you is not G.

[lordcorn10]

who is jim fucking rome to talk about track? hes just an overly opinionated sportscaster who thinks his jurisdiction spans all sports. he doesnt know shit about the sport, he should shut the fuck up and talk about what he knows (which is nothing)

[Th3Best0ne]

OWNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[chefawkes]

The best thing about this, is i guarantee you, Usain Bolt was not even trying to insult him. The guy just says what he's thinking. no filter.

[abrown7839]

usain bolt is simply awesome. If he was an american his paycheck probably would be 30x's bigger than what it is now. I have noticed that some American athletes have copied bolt in what he says. Secretly I think they look to him and who wouldn't.............he's a winner!

[cpcc93]

What is the name of that song in the background!

[easm]

That was not a diss. Track and field is under the banner of Athletics, what he insinuated was that he practices athletics whereas the other guy swims.

[dowutado]

I want to hear Rome's burn after he ran his 9.58 and 19.19 one year later after the world championships and thus burying the records under 10 layers of concrete.

[samfisher170]

"He's a Swimmer im an Athlete" Lmfao

[TryToTopThat]

swimming is one of the most underestimated sports ever.

i respect bolts times and his sports authority, but to diss something you know nothing about. your rude-ness goes up and my respect for you goes dowwn.

[ah339]

ha ha funny video, but It's not actually meant as a 'diss' - 'Athletics' is what track is called in every country apart from the US, so he is effectively saying: 'He's a swimmer I do track'. Good fodder for Rome though.

[darthrevan6]

''He's a swimmer, Im an athlete''

ZING

[WeBeItching]

wat is ur problem?

[plksnatchers]

bolts on roids

[zanzibartraveler09]

usain bolt is the closest thing to a superhero we will ever see...

[tehasguard]

Lol, taking a shot at Jacques Rogge,

pretty lame

[darthrevan6]

Michael Phillips is a swimmer, Im an athlete.

ROFL I LOVE THIS GUY

[bsiffy]

I'd say bolt and phelps are equal...you can't compare the two. but both are the greatest ever at their sports

[gocubs1815]

I said it literally right after Usain Bolt ran the 100m.... Usain Bolt > Michael Phelps. No one would listen!

[undergroundrider4]

haha! its kobe, wade, and lebron at the end

[milankiev7]

the way usain has handled himself in front of the media, i dont think this was a shot at phelps at all. he had to mean i'm a runner, he's a swimmer

[dldowell1122]

Swimming is for pussys.

[harvpila]

well, everybody can run but not everyone can swim..I do respect bolt so much but I think swimming is much complicated than running.. Don't say that swimming is for pussys,I don't know if you can really swim.. hope you will no get drowned..lol

[bsizzle135]

themstr8Killa360 guh sukk u madda!

[bsizzle135]

stop hating on bolt.....hater!

[aghiff]

haha..michael philips....bolt don't even care about that guy...

[kyle2fast07]

haha i rekon

[TonyMaster007]

Well you know at the rate that Bolt and Pehlps are going I hope both are in the hunt in London in 2012 that would be awesome

[chandyman1993]

its not like usain's best language is english and he prob mispoke. it's hard to say he was trying to diss michael phelps, its seems like he was trying to be neutral.

[themrstr8killa360]

bolt is a jackass. win a few more golds b4 u talk shit bout phelps. Asafa is still my man. Get sum class bolt cause u will fall off one day. U r winning all ur races but one day somebody going to beat ur ass and i hope they rub it in ur ugly ass face.

[Wolverinefan33]

hahahahhahahaha ur an idiot yeah sure ONE DAY someone will beat usain bolt maybe wen hes an old man and yeah theyll beat him but they wont beat his record ahahahhahahaa u fool! and wen someone does finally beat his record he will most likely be retired for YEARS and sports technology will have enhanced to such an extreme level

[nicktyrrell2323]

This Guy is a fucking douchebag

[chubble101]

and ur a fucking faggot!!

[redwingsfan35]

i'm totally agree with you man.

[nhagf]

boi its true u cant compare a man that run track and a man that swim

[ronuj]

he is a swimmer

i am an athleat

[runforrestrun37]

jim rome is a cock. michael phelps is a badass in yet, so is bolt

[lampard4910]

for once jim is right