I was talking to a friend of mine who went to a private school with a football scholarship and he told me that they had players even in their late 20s and early 30s.I was wondering, how getting a swimming scholarship works as far as age.Obviously you have to be good to ba looked at in the first place, but then what if you are good but "old", like 25 and after.Not that I am looking for one(I couldbn't with my level of swimminf anyways) but I am just really curious ...And then how "bad" a swimmer can you be and still get a scholarship ... again, just curious :-)
That's sort of a strict rule. So, it sounds like you can take off one year after high school and not be "charged" for it. After that you start eating up your eligibility (assuming you're participating in organized swimming during that time). I guess you could take off a couple years to ski bum and wouldn't miss out on any eligibility as long as you didn't swim competitively during that time :)
I'm guessing they instituted this rule to prevent teams from recruiting older, internationally experienced, foreign swimmers.
That's sort of a strict rule. So, it sounds like you can take off one year after high school and not be "charged" for it. After that you start eating up your eligibility (assuming you're participating in organized swimming during that time). I guess you could take off a couple years to ski bum and wouldn't miss out on any eligibility as long as you didn't swim competitively during that time :)
I'm guessing they instituted this rule to prevent teams from recruiting older, internationally experienced, foreign swimmers.
