The award for the most ridiculous, self-absorbed, overzealous all sports entertainment network in the world goes to...
ESPN, for the 10th year running.
They have once again proven that outside the 4 major sports, Tiger Woods, and the Williams sisters, you're really not much of an athlete. Unless you count token consideration of Cael Sanderson and -ahem- Sarah Hughes (don't even get me started on figure skating).
No offense to college athlete of the year Sue Bird (UConn BB) but a certain swimmer from Cal who set at least 6 AR and 1 WR over the short course season would have had my vote.
Anyone else? Natalie Coughlin, female college athlete of the year as awarded by the USMS discussion crew?
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What I didn't agree with the college article is that there are only slightly less males that are attending college than females. In fact asian males attend college more than white females. And hispanics and blacks are less likely to attend college whether they are male and female than whites and asians.So there is no big decreased of white males attending college. Also, many swimmers such as Gary Hall Jr, only spend a year swimming in NCAA's and are successful swimmers. The NCAA's will not allow swimmers to have endorsements,hence more top swimmers will drop out of college swimming than will stay, because they can't make money. Also, the NCAA's until about the 1980's favored male programs over female programs. Shirley Babashoff swam only 2 years at a community college and one year at UCLA. But know one complain about her dropping out of college to take endorsement money, on the other hand, if Jack Babashoff would have done that, then Alabama where he was attending school would have persuaded him to stay.
What I didn't agree with the college article is that there are only slightly less males that are attending college than females. In fact asian males attend college more than white females. And hispanics and blacks are less likely to attend college whether they are male and female than whites and asians.So there is no big decreased of white males attending college. Also, many swimmers such as Gary Hall Jr, only spend a year swimming in NCAA's and are successful swimmers. The NCAA's will not allow swimmers to have endorsements,hence more top swimmers will drop out of college swimming than will stay, because they can't make money. Also, the NCAA's until about the 1980's favored male programs over female programs. Shirley Babashoff swam only 2 years at a community college and one year at UCLA. But know one complain about her dropping out of college to take endorsement money, on the other hand, if Jack Babashoff would have done that, then Alabama where he was attending school would have persuaded him to stay.
