That switch worked so well for NBC that it’s happening again in Tokyo, this time without Phelps, so his presence lingers long after he has left. (He is expected to come to the trials for a day or two in the next week in a new role: spectator.)
“I'm not sure that we would be who we are … without Michael Phelps,” Tim Hinchey, president and CEO of USA Swimming, said during a pre-trials press conference Friday. “I mean, he's the GOAT, he's a Hall of Famer, but ultimately for us, I wouldn't be sitting here today in front of all of you if Michael Phelps didn't do what he did for swimming in our country.”
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