University of Toledo - Dropping Men's Swim and Dive?
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I am not certain yet, but U of Toledo may be dropping men's swimming and diving. I am certain they are dropping the men's diving.
Yesterday, an Illinois senior HS diver had called the Toledo coach to let him know that he was ready to sign with Toledo. But before the diver could "accept", the coach told him that the "program" was being dropped. The diver was so astonished that he did not ask if it was just the diving that was being dropped - or the entire swimming program.
There is no press release on the Toledo swmming web page. Does anyone out there have any confirming information?
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Another aside, a lot of the top swimmers done't finish all 4 years swimming at a college like they did 30 years. This has nothing to do with Toldeo which doesn't have any swimmers in the top 5 at their college but it does change the important of college programs when people like Amanda Beard workout for the national team of the University of Arizona but she only swam competitvely for 2 years for at the University because she took endorsments. Maybe, the NCAA should enter the 21st century and let people compete and keep the money. I know that probably football and basketball are the reasons they will not let anyone in college make money when they are competing for the University and they don't want more corruption but swimming and other sports are losing the top performers during the college years because they are not allowed to keep money. Maybe, if the top men and women finished all four years of college like they did before the 1992 olympics, maybe, the colleges would view that they are important in developing top swimmers like they did in the olden days particulary with men swimmers who develop a little later. I know that their are other reasons for cutting these programs. But 30 years ago, universities frown on you being a lifeguard and swimmers like Jack Bashashoff needed the money, also his sister Shirley would have swam longer if the colleges let people have some money.
Another aside, a lot of the top swimmers done't finish all 4 years swimming at a college like they did 30 years. This has nothing to do with Toldeo which doesn't have any swimmers in the top 5 at their college but it does change the important of college programs when people like Amanda Beard workout for the national team of the University of Arizona but she only swam competitvely for 2 years for at the University because she took endorsments. Maybe, the NCAA should enter the 21st century and let people compete and keep the money. I know that probably football and basketball are the reasons they will not let anyone in college make money when they are competing for the University and they don't want more corruption but swimming and other sports are losing the top performers during the college years because they are not allowed to keep money. Maybe, if the top men and women finished all four years of college like they did before the 1992 olympics, maybe, the colleges would view that they are important in developing top swimmers like they did in the olden days particulary with men swimmers who develop a little later. I know that their are other reasons for cutting these programs. But 30 years ago, universities frown on you being a lifeguard and swimmers like Jack Bashashoff needed the money, also his sister Shirley would have swam longer if the colleges let people have some money.
