Why don’t you quit your job? Maybe you should have given up years ago when - I heard you were better back then. What? - you say you have a family and financial obligations? Who cares? What matters is that there is someone who “deserves” to be there who can’t go because of mean Phelps?
I am not a fan of your views - they smell like OWS views.
And to get back to the swimming side of things - judge him by his next race. The decision to do the 400IM was essentially a last minute one. He has been primarily training for shorter races.
Your post makes no sense, try again when sober.