OK just read that Katie Hoff has gone professional. Not that this has any bearing on anything but I am bit bummed.
I really was hoping that she would break Pablo’s NCAA records for most wins in college. There is a part of me that
really wants to have swimmers be amateurs, but that is quickly blasted out of the water with all the DUAH! Why
wouldn’t an oober athlete get millions of dollars for their athletic talents --that is years overdue. Does any one think
swimmers will get to be “divas” or “divos” like some professional athletes?
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Geek,
So you think I am belittling the sport by showing concern for its future growth and enrollment ........ nice .......... you've totally mised the target as usual. Swimmers going pro is great, the problem is the direction it takes the NCAA championships going forward. The meet is boring without Phelps, Peirsol & co....
As a parent of 3 USS age groupers, being a former age grouper, highschooler, collegiate and USS participant, a masters coach and currently a masters swimmer...... you think I want to degrade the world I have participated in so much of my life?
Think again.
John Smith
Geek,
So you think I am belittling the sport by showing concern for its future growth and enrollment ........ nice .......... you've totally mised the target as usual. Swimmers going pro is great, the problem is the direction it takes the NCAA championships going forward. The meet is boring without Phelps, Peirsol & co....
As a parent of 3 USS age groupers, being a former age grouper, highschooler, collegiate and USS participant, a masters coach and currently a masters swimmer...... you think I want to degrade the world I have participated in so much of my life?
Think again.
John Smith
