Match Wants Michael Phelps to Join

Posted by Cherie Burbach Aug 31, 2008

Well, Michael Phelps certainly has his share of fans these days. And why not? The guy broke a long-time Olympic record last week. And hey - guess what? He's single. Know what that means? That someone in the dating world will try and get him to represent them. (Or at least capitalize off his fame.)

Match.com was the first to step to the plate on this one. They've offered Phelps a free membership. A spokesperson for Match, Darcy Cameron, said:

"In honor of his historic accomplishments, Match.com would like to offer Mr. Phelps a free membership until he finds that special someone, even though we don't anticipate that he'll be single for long!"

Hey, I'm all for online dating. It sure as heck worked for me. But the people that really benefit from online dating are the ones that don't get to meet lots of people in their regular course of daily socializing. People that work a lot, or have a lot of married friends, or are extremely shy (like yours truly) tend to use online dating. Something tells me Phelps doesn't fit into any of these categories.

So I have to wonder, will Michael Phelps using Match encourage you to join their service?