Given all the debate in the other thread about Qatar "buying" up some of the top talent in swimming, my question is how many people feel the USA should do the same?
Hoogie & Thorpe for our 800 free relay?
Schoeman & Hoogie for our 400 free?
How about on the W's side, a couple of th Aussies maybe?
Originally posted by LindsayNB
What do you see as the difference between universities recruiting and paying swimmers (foreign or otherwise) to swim on their team and countries recruiting and paying swimmers to swim on their team?
The NCAA forbids people to except any payments beyond the scholarship so the swimmers are not paid which is a big difference. You would never see a univeristy give the kind of money that Qater is offering and if they did it would be illegal and against NCAA regulations. Also athletes cannot have any sponsors as individuals and cannot receive compensation from them. The majority of swimmers and athletes in NCAA sports do not go on to professional sports after graduation. Schlorships are not just given to the very best athletes. And the money is just not there for college athletes in comparison to a professional. I think this is some of the reasons why Michael Phelps choose to be a professional.
In fact you cannot take any payments, gifts and favors from anyone or you will be in trouble. The only thing you get funded for is an education, just like if someone getting an educational scholarship.
Here is a question from a different angle. Suppose you drop swimming out of this. If you gave a foreign student an educational scholarship over USA students? Is that right? Do the same people feel the same about this as they do about the foreign students taking swimming scholarships? Or is it just swimming or sports related only?
Originally posted by LindsayNB
What do you see as the difference between universities recruiting and paying swimmers (foreign or otherwise) to swim on their team and countries recruiting and paying swimmers to swim on their team?
The NCAA forbids people to except any payments beyond the scholarship so the swimmers are not paid which is a big difference. You would never see a univeristy give the kind of money that Qater is offering and if they did it would be illegal and against NCAA regulations. Also athletes cannot have any sponsors as individuals and cannot receive compensation from them. The majority of swimmers and athletes in NCAA sports do not go on to professional sports after graduation. Schlorships are not just given to the very best athletes. And the money is just not there for college athletes in comparison to a professional. I think this is some of the reasons why Michael Phelps choose to be a professional.
In fact you cannot take any payments, gifts and favors from anyone or you will be in trouble. The only thing you get funded for is an education, just like if someone getting an educational scholarship.
Here is a question from a different angle. Suppose you drop swimming out of this. If you gave a foreign student an educational scholarship over USA students? Is that right? Do the same people feel the same about this as they do about the foreign students taking swimming scholarships? Or is it just swimming or sports related only?
