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?
Oh, Smith, what little legs you had with your foreign swimmers argument, that you could never really quantify with facts, have completely come out from under you with this academic scholarship nonsense you are now spouting. It's like when a tri athlete takes off the fins, pull buoys, heart rate monitor and paddles and attempts a Masters workout.
Each and every public or private university of any merit whatsoever has a foreign element in their student body. It is beneficial to the students and the university. By graduating, and, gulp, even paying for these students and then sending them back home (abroad) we are doing worlds more good than the thousands of dollars we paid to educate them. The list of US educated foreign dignitaries, leaders,etc is even longer than your impressive arm span. In a time when the US is pretty much roundly hated outside our borders (take Cruise for instance), I don't see a real problem with trying to improve that image by educating a few folks.
It's a global economy, man. Not sure why the great angst and handwringing about exposing our kids to that.
Oh, Smith, what little legs you had with your foreign swimmers argument, that you could never really quantify with facts, have completely come out from under you with this academic scholarship nonsense you are now spouting. It's like when a tri athlete takes off the fins, pull buoys, heart rate monitor and paddles and attempts a Masters workout.
Each and every public or private university of any merit whatsoever has a foreign element in their student body. It is beneficial to the students and the university. By graduating, and, gulp, even paying for these students and then sending them back home (abroad) we are doing worlds more good than the thousands of dollars we paid to educate them. The list of US educated foreign dignitaries, leaders,etc is even longer than your impressive arm span. In a time when the US is pretty much roundly hated outside our borders (take Cruise for instance), I don't see a real problem with trying to improve that image by educating a few folks.
It's a global economy, man. Not sure why the great angst and handwringing about exposing our kids to that.
