Foreign swimmers training in the U.S.

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There has been a lot of discussion since Athens about foreign swimmers training in the United States. Most of them attend U.S. Universities, receive athletic scholarships, and compete at NCAA's. Some notable examples include Duje Draganja (Cal), Fred Bousquet and Kirsty Coventry (Auburn), Markus Rogan (Stanford), and the South African sprinters (Arizona). Some train in the U.S., but don't compete for a university (Inge de Bruijn). All of these athletes benefit from U.S. coaching, from training with U.S. swimmers, and in some cases, from financial support provided by U.S. entities (athletic scholarships). They all turn around and then win medals for other countries. A couple questions: 1) What do you think about this arrangement generally? 2) Is it of benefit or detriment to U.S. swimming to have these foreign athletes training and competing here? 3) Should we be giving athletic scholarships, which are a scarce resource in swimming, to foreign athletes who will represent their own countries internationally instead of U.S.-born swimmers who will represent us internationally? I'm sure there are other issues, but these come directly to mind.
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    Dude, I am very sorry about the horrors of war...don't get me wrong...Its just that sports is war type metaphors use to be fairly commonplace in sports writing and other related mediums....People didn't get so bent out of shape about that before ....even after Vietnam and WWII.....I think people are taking metaphors like that WAY to seriously....I for one just don't see them as being so politically incorrect IMHO.......People need to lighten up a little these days! Newmastersswimmer
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    Dude, I am very sorry about the horrors of war...don't get me wrong...Its just that sports is war type metaphors use to be fairly commonplace in sports writing and other related mediums....People didn't get so bent out of shape about that before ....even after Vietnam and WWII.....I think people are taking metaphors like that WAY to seriously....I for one just don't see them as being so politically incorrect IMHO.......People need to lighten up a little these days! Newmastersswimmer
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