Why is Mark Spitz whining about the olympics?

I am sooo glad that I'm not the only one that feels this way, that he sounded so whiny....however, just to play devil's advocate...I don't know if past olympic champions are traditionally invited or not...Does Mary Lou Retton get a free ride to the summer games? Evelyn Ashford? Bob Beamon? Carl Lewis? Bruce Jenner? All of these people have had stellar olympic careers, but I don't see any of them grabbing media mikes and griping. If it's traditional that elite athetes of the past olympics *do* get a free ride then I can understand why Spitz's feelings are hurt. That said, he's old enough that he should know how to accept a possible snub with grace and dignity. If my three year old acted like this, I'd be sending her to her room for a time-out.