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.
Originally posted by some_girl
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Originally posted by some_girl
Why then are other nations moving away from socialism? Two main reasons: (a) globalization is a race to the bottom and they are trying to compete with nations where it's okay to force eight year olds to work for pennies a day, and (b) European nations have a combination of againg populations and antipathy to immigration that makes it difficult to sustain themselves.
It finally comes out, long awaited, the anti Starbucks crowd.
You have yet to state how taking more of my money will improve an inefficient gov't program. You just want more of my money. I'm sure you have poor hospitals but does that mean more money spent poorly will improve them? Seems to me you'd be more interest in reform to make things better.
Keep your paws out of my wallet!
